STICKY
NOTE
CURRENT APP FEATURES
DIGITAL STICKY NOTES
CAPTURE
NOTES
EDIT
DIGITAL
NOTES
USER
Someone who loves planning
and organizing things
PERSONA
NAME
Sarah Jones
AGE
25
LOCATION
Seattle, USA
OCCUPATION
Data Engineer
BIO
Sarah loves going out on trips with
friends and often ends up having to
plan most of the trip herself. She is
known for being well organized.
CHALLENGES
To plan her trips, events, to-dos and
even projects on her phone, Sarah
has to use multiple apps that do
different things. This leads to
confusion and frustration.
FREQUENTLY USED APPS
Miro, Notion, Todoist, and Jira
on Desktop and her tablet
01
How might we seamlessly integrate trip planning
features into the Post-Its app, allowing users to
create and organize Post-its for each aspect of
their trip, such as itinerary, packing list,
and budget?
02
How might we transform the Post-Its app into an
event planning hub, enabling users, to create,
manage, and collaborate on event details using
interactive Post-its for tasks, schedules, and
guest lists?
03
How might we empower users to effectively
plan and manage projects using the Post-Its
app, providing a structured framework for task
organization, progress tracking, and team
collaboration through Post-its?
04
How might we enhance the Post-Its app with
comprehensive To-do List functionalities,
allowing users to break down tasks into
manageable steps, set priorities, and track
progress with colorful and customizable
Post-its?
01
The Approach
was to understand
how people plan
I began by attempting to understand how people
plan stuff. From events to trips to parties, I attempted
to find patterns and requirements that go with
any kind of plan.
02
The secret sauce
is collaboration
with others
Most plans happen in groups. By allowing users
to plan stuff with multiple other users seamlessly
at one place on a mobile device, they can do so
much more. This will not only help with user
engagement, but also with user retention.
03
App needed to
be more flexible
for customization
The existing app had amazing core features
that made it intriguing to use like creating &
deleting notes, editing entire boards and
the grouping of notes. But the implementation
of these features needed an improvement.
04
Budgeting is a
major part of any
kind of plan
Any group plan, trip, event, birthday or any
or even a group project needs an expense
management system for people to
effectively manage budgets.
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
IN A NUTSHELL
01
Create a
New Board
Boards mimic the properties of a Real Time
Board where people can stick sticky notes
and use them for various purposes.
PREV
NEXT
WIREFRAMES
UI DESIGN
I attempted to allow users to manage their entire budget on this
application. After spending countless hours trying different things
like simulating a trip with friends to understand how expenses are
managed, and taking inspiration from apps like Splitwise, I realized
that I was getting sidetracked from my original agenda, which was
to make planning fun and collaborative. What I was attempting to
make would only create more problems than it solved. Therefore,
despite having invested so much time in budgeting, I shelved the
idea and just went with a budget group to jot down expenses.
TESTING
TESTING
TESTING
TESTING
12
Test Participants
99%
Avg. Task Completion Rate
18min
Avg. Testing Session
TASK 01
The first task was to onboard the user onto the
app by making them create their first board
TASK 02
Their second task was to create a note in
a New York Trip board of the place you would
want everyone to visit
TASK 03
The user was tasked with inviting & messaging
a friend to their board on the app.
TASK 04
User was asked to create and edit an expense
group in the app along with an existing
sticky note.
COMMON TASK
Users were asked to rate their ease and
confidence at the end of every task
What worked?
Test participants were able to complete every
task with high confidence.
Participants made use of 95% of the total
features designed.
When asked, users said that they would love
have an app to collaborate with friends and
plan out activities
What didn't?
Users remarked that they found the budgeting
system useless and confusing and hence the
entire idea of budgeting was discarded
Users did not use the To-do sticky note and did
not even bother checking it out
