UX Design for a Capacity Planning System
SERVICE
Web App design
Internal capacity and resource planning are often a challenge for a significant number of collectives. Especially creative and software agencies and studios. Designing a clean, comprehensive, and easy-to-learn platform is the goal of most of the project management platforms available today.
Yet, most of the systems focus on merging multiple features into a single app. In that process, one or more of those features seem not to get enough attention and end up underdeveloped.
The Request
That's why our client decided to focus on one key feature. They wanted to provide the solution to increase productivity by integrating projects and people into one shared schedule. On top of that, they wanted to keep up with the team's hours and project costs.
So, following that line of thought, the client came to us with one simple and straightforward idea:
One master schedule to keep track of everything inside the company.
Easy enough, right?
So, following that line of thought, the client came to us with one simple and straightforward idea:
One master schedule to keep track of everything inside the company.
Easy enough, right?
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The Platform
Veosphere is a tool for teams to manage shared work schedules and provide accurate views of team capacity in order to plan work more efficiently.
By using Veosphere, teams can easily:
By using Veosphere, teams can easily:
Centralize resources, including both people and projects
Track time
Integrate Veosphere with existing apps and workflows
Research & Design
That's why our client decided to focus on one key feature. They wanted to provide the solution to increase productivity by integrating projects and people into one shared schedule. On top of that, they wanted to keep up with the team's hours and project costs.
So, following that line of thought, the client came to us with one simple and straightforward idea:
One master schedule to keep track of everything inside the company.
Easy enough, right?
So, following that line of thought, the client came to us with one simple and straightforward idea:
One master schedule to keep track of everything inside the company.
Easy enough, right?
Manage People/Projects
We compiled the examples of the research into a single mood board. Then, in cooperation with the client, we decided on the general look and feel and design direction.
The next step in the design process was to create the wireframes based on the insights collected from the initial research phase. Through them, we aimed to illustrate the basic structure and layout of the screens and get those approved by the client before getting into visual design. While creating the wireframes, the user journey outline started emerging as well.
The next step in the design process was to create the wireframes based on the insights collected from the initial research phase. Through them, we aimed to illustrate the basic structure and layout of the screens and get those approved by the client before getting into visual design. While creating the wireframes, the user journey outline started emerging as well.
How we changed the structure of the configuration menu
We were working on pages of the configuration menu when we noticed some oddity with the menu itself.
For our Add a new lead page, restructuring helped to formulate the following hypotheses:
It turned out that some closely related pages, like Transfer settings and Transfer groups, lived on the opposite sides of the menu and never met.
It also appeared that some names of menu items didn’t match the names of corresponding pages.
The number of the menu items could be easily halved if we merge some of them together. Like, the Company info page sits perfectly fine inside the Company settings page.
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From caterpillars to butterflies
A redesign is probably the most frequent request the Tensope design agency gets from SaaS companies. Early startups don’t have time and money to obsess over sophisticated interfaces. But after a few years, as their feet are firmly on the ground, companies notice that poor design hinders their users to access the app functionality.
That’s where our designers come into play, helping companies to unleash the full potential of their products.
That’s where our designers come into play, helping companies to unleash the full potential of their products.
