NJPRF
Overview
The NJPRF currently accepts cash donations that are distributed among those who apply for aid. In addition to monetary donations, the fund also receives large quantities of physical donations, anything from diapers to large quantities of perishables. They currently call different organizations until they find one in need of the donations. Our goal was to make that process more automated, and flow more seamlessly.
All of this work was done on a volunteer basis by professionals in various fields, including UX designers, developers, and software security experts. We worked closely with the fund to narrow down what features were important to them, in a very tight time frame, and delivered MVP in under a month, all while working after hours, and on weekends. Challenge
The challenge for this project was limited time, urgency of the cause, and limited people resources, since everyone in this project was a volunteer. We all had different opinions on what the outcome should be, and we had to meet weekly to ensure that we were all on the same page in regards to the outcome.
Timeline
Our team had daily standup calls on zoom, and we were able to talk through what features would be necessary. We created a system that would run almost autonomously, while also customizable to fit the needs of the NJPRF. My involvement with the project was roughly 2 months. I worked with another UX designer to create wireframes, and prototypes. We set the project in motion and another team brought it to completion.
|Research
As a highly visual person, I like to sketch out all of my ideas to work out any issues before spending time developing features that aren’t needed. On the first day, I made a simple sketch of what I felt like the mobile site could look like:
|Prototypes
Working closely with the lead UX designer, and the UI designer on the project, we had daily Zoom calls to discuss what features were needed, and to touch base on how much progress we had made.
We designed V1 in less than a week, presented it to the NJPRF board, collected critical feedback, and designed V2, which was a high fidelity prototype.
V1 and V2 can be seen below: