User Personas

Through a discussion with the president of the League of Women Voters we learned that the primary concern for the league was communicating to current league members. From this discussion and provided general demographic information we developed two personas. The first, an older user interesting in league activities and events. The second, a mid-career user who cares deeply about local and state policy decisions but has limited time.

Wireframes

We diagramed a dynamic homepage to replace the current blog post style. During an election season the League's endorsements of candidates and issues, as well as links to more detailed information, are prominently displayed. During the rest of the year upcoming league events are highlighted. We adjusted the top menu topics and created a splash page for the advocacy and issues section of the site.

Accessibility

We identified several areas for improvement with regards to site accessibility in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 developed by the World Wide Web Consortium. Our recommendations included increasing the contrast on particular sections of text and allowing adding the ability to resize text. We also identified the need for keyboard accessibility and navigation features, such as being able to navigate items with the tab or arrow keys.

The final project of this course challenged our group to create an ontology and taxonomy for a Seattle-based cafe chain. Our solution needed to enable the cafe to more effective serve a wide range of dietary preferences in their stores and online.

As the consulting firm Team DES I and my teammates, Ed Cheng and Daphne Hsu, developed a custom taxonomy, custom ontology and scheme, and a sample user flow. The entire project involved close collaboration between our whole team. The project components that I highlight below are components that I feel best reflect my own contributions to the project. However all of our work certainly a result of our excellent collaboration.

The final project of this course challenged our group to produce a comprehensive information architecture solution for the fictional company Foodie Fanatic, a specialty cooking and baking store hoping to provide a strong digital and physical store presence across the nation.

As the consulting firm IN4U I and my teammates, Loïs Hutubessy and Huan Wang, developed a business case, project plan, user personas, site map, tagging taxonomy, and wireframes for Foodie Fanatic. The entire project involved close collaboration between our whole team. The project components that I highlight below are components that I feel best reflect my own contributions to the project. However all of our work certainly a result of our excellent collaboration.