WORK IN PROGRESS
Overview:
DoughRise is a progressive personal finance management app geared towards financially savvy millennials. Objective
Improving the current user experience of the DoughRise Website to make the process of the users creating budgets and managing their budgets. As well as making the website app consistent with the mobile.
My role:
UX Designer & Researcher for the Web Design of DoughRise
Improving User Flows
My main goal while redesigning and creating the new design was to improve the user flow of users. Ensuring the process of creating a budget and adding or editing transactions was as simple and seamless as possible.
To improve the user flows, I would create a small focus group. I would test the old design with the focus group and gain their pain points and wants. Then later, take this information in mind when redesigning. I would ensure the new designs were improved by testing them again with the same focus group until they were satisfactory.
Old Create a budget
Talking to the focus group about the old create a budget flow, I learned that they wanted:
More space for "Fixed expenses."
A way to add "Non-Fixed expenses."
An overview of the budget
A confirmation budget was created.
Add Custom Names
New Create a budget
The new create-a-budget design solved the pain points of the previous design. Getting positive feedback from the focus group. The new design kept the user focused on each question's important parts when creating a budget. Not letting the user feel overwhelmed. For example, only the amount could be inputted when choosing the amount and, in turn, create a faster process of creating budgeting.
An important improvement was adding a section for "Other expenses." Letting the user add groups that would not automatically transact. Allowing users properly manage their budgets.
Quality of Life Changes
Minor changes that improve the usability, convenience, and comfort of a product or service.
Quick and Easy Access
Users were not able to easily or quickly access their transactions while on the home screen. When testing, users felt that it was a hassle to go to the "Transaction" section to see all their transactions. And even then have to filter it depending on what sub-category they wanted to check.
Before
After
After adding a way for users to see their purchases for the categories in the home menu, users felt that they could easily access the information they were looking for. In addition, it added a shortcut to edit a transaction through the arrow by the price. In case users needed to edit a transaction quickly.
Making Transaction more accessible
Before
After
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