Project Plan - Hyperledger Explorer User Interface redesign

Owned by Ravi singh
Last updated: Nov 13, 2023 by Deepika S R
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Scope:

The mentorship aims to enhance the user interface design of Hyperledger Explorer. Collaboratively, the mentee and mentor will develop fresh user flows, wireframes, style guides, and high-fidelity mockups. The objective is to craft a more intuitive and user-friendly interface, simplifying user interactions with Hyperledger Explorer.

Mentors:

Jayasimha Prasad 

Arun .S.M.  

Ravi singh

Mentee:

Deepika S R 


Timeline Template 

Goal

Activity

Status

Est. Time of Completion

Milestone

Onboard & Ramp-up

end of JuneOnboarding and Learning/Ramp Up



end of July

Monthly Checkpoint

  •  1st quarter mentee evaluation



end of August

Monthly Checkpoint

Midterm mentee evaluation




end of September

Monthly Checkpoint




end of October

 3rd quarter mentee evaluation

  • Improved Documentation
  • Add the tutorial on deployment


end of November

Monthly Checkpoint

 final mentee evaluation




TBD

Global Meetup: Demo and Showcase

(align to The Linux Foundation's timelines)

Timeline


DateMilestonePlanStatus
June 12 - June 14
Onboarding, Mentor-Mentee Interaction

 COMPLETE

June 15 - July 07

Onboarding and Learning/Ramp Up

Getting familiar with Blockchain concepts, Blockchain Explorer.


COMPLETE
July 08 - July 24
Starting with user research, getting familiar with more research methods, and as well as Hyperledger Fabric.COMPLETED


July 25 - July 31

Monthly Checkpoint 1st quarter mentee evaluation

Conduct user research with Hyperledger users both quantitative and qualitative. Also, conduct competitive analysis.

COMPLETED

August 01 - August 15
Studying the data and analyzing the problem. Creating user personas, empathy maps and customer journey map.

COMPLETED

August 15 - August 31

Monthly Checkpoint

 Midterm mentee evaluation

Create user stories and do Card sorting then create an information architecture.
Getting started with user flows and generating user flows

COMPLETED

September 01 - September 20
Creating wireframes and along with conducting useability studies.

IN PROGRESS

September 21 - October 10

Monthly Checkpoint  

Generating style guides and documentation
October 11 - November 15

 3rd quarter mentee evaluation

Starting with HiFi mockups and secondary usability study
November 15 - November 30

Monthly Checkpoint

 final mentee evaluation

Creation of presentation and wrap-up

MEETING MINUTES


DatePurposeMinutes/SummaryAction ItemsRemarks on Action Items

 

Progress Meet

  1. Progress Update

    • Competitive analysis completed.
    • User survey form responses were analyzed, and user goals and pain points were generated.

  2. Summarised Previous Month Activities

  3. Feature Ideas for Explorer Website

    • Arun .S.M. shared his suggestions on features for the Explorer website.

  4. Hyperledger Firefly UI Discussion

    • Plan to set up a call with someone from Firefly's design team to discuss UI aspects.

  5. Mentee Explorer Familiarization

    • Deepika S R is asked to install and set up the explorer and become familiar with its functionalities in real time.

  6. Group Feedback Call

    • Plan to conduct a group feedback call with developers/maintainers familiar with Hyperledger Explorer to gather in-person feedback on design aspects.
  • Explorer Familiarization Deepika S R 
  • Group Feedback call
  • Call with Firefly UI design team 
We're in the process of coordinating our schedules to match up and facilitate the call.

 

UX bi-weekly call with Likitha

  1. Progress update:

    • Competitive analysis completed.
    • User survey form responses were analyzed, and user goals and pain points were generated.

  2. Insights and Discussion:

    • Likitha introduced her colleague, Vasudha Sudheendra, who also provided insights and feedback on the work done. 
    • Likitha shared valuable tips on creating user flows and empathy maps

       .
        • Task Assignments for This Week:
          • Deepika: Create personas, empathy map, customer journey map.
        • Task Assignments for Next Week:
          • Deepika: User stories, storyboarding, user flow, card sorting.
  • Create personas
  • Develop empathy maps
  • Craft a customer journey map
  • Work on user stories
  • Create storyboards
  • Design user flows
  • Participate in card sorting

 

Progress Meet

  1. Progress Update:

    • Successfully completed personas, empathy maps, and user journey maps.
    • Clearly defined goals and pain points.
    • Discussed the latest update on explorer familiarization. 
    • Arun expressed interest about getting involved in the card sorting activity.
    • Discussed about the documentation of the project
  • Create a confluence sub page and post all the artifacts created for the project.

Not scheduled yetCard Sorting Activity


 

Progress Review Meet

  1. Presentation of  work done:

    • Deepika presented the progress she has made on her current tasks.

  2. Feedback and Improvement Points:

    • Jay shared valuable constructive feedback on Deepika's work, highlighting areas that need improvement.
    • Likitha also provided feedback and suggestions for further enhancing the work.
  • Deepika S R Refine the goals by creating groups from the existing ones.  
  • Deepika S R   After refinement, implement necessary changes in the completed activities.
  • Deepika S R  Further categorize the cards in the grouped section of card sorting.
  • Deepika S R  Generate Information Architecture and User Flow.
  • Deepika S R   Create wireframes for major screens.

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