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SideCause

SideCause is a hub where people can post community service tasks, offering money or other rewards, and where people looking for work can find them. This phase focused on letting job seekers browse available tasks and filter them by distance, job type, and pay.

UX Team Members

  • Elijah Coleman https://github.com/EscGit/ux-Elijah#elijahs-ux-journal - Created User story 5, Created User story 31, Phase 1 executive summary, Wiki Home page, Personas and Scenarios, Team Agreement and Planning, Competitive Analysis, Heuristic Evaluation, Design convergence, Getting started with wireframes, Second Sprint Planning, Sketches and Diagrams, Planned sprint 2 with software engineering team, Created Login, Create Account, job wireframes, Phase 2 executive summary, wireframe page
  • Jasper Eerkens https://github.com/j4sperneedshelp/ux-jasper - Phase 1 Report, Personas and Scenarios, Team Agreement and Planning, Competitive Analysis, Heuristic Evaluation, Design convergence, Divergent sketch, Created user profile page, posts page, and help page wireframes, Planned sprint 3 with software engineering team, Wrote summary report for phase II, wireframe page

User-Centered Design Artifacts

Phase I: Analyzing Users, Competitors, and Initial Designs

Executive Summary

Sprint one combined early UX research with the first build of SideCause, a web-based community post board.

  • Research findings:
    • Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace lack job-type filtering, and Craigslist's interface feels dated
    • JustServe filters by type but only targets unpaid volunteer work
    • Personas showed some users want passion projects, and students need distance filters
    • Sketches placed the Filter menu directly on the main page to reduce friction
  • App progress:
    • Landing, Login, Create Account, and Posts pages built as visuals only
    • Buttons and interactions not yet functional; Post page pending merge
    • Filters and search not yet designed or built
  • Sprint planning:
    • Browse-by-filter goal deferred in favor of login and post creation
    • Completed work will be documented as retroactive user stories
  • Caveats: Only two UX team members, so findings come from a small sample

Full phase I report

Phase II: Refining interaction and designing wireframes

Executive Summary

Sprint two combined wireframe design with cognitive walkthroughs to test how users interact with SideCause.

  • Research findings:
    • Two external users completed walkthroughs for the personas Adam (finding a nearby weekend job) and Ralph (posting a neighborhood cleanup job)
    • Users found no option to sign up for a job and no "submit post" button
    • Job listings didn't show pay or distance, so users had to open each listing
    • Nothing confirmed that a post was created beyond seeing it on the listings page
  • Design progress:
    • Wireframes created to show how interaction with the app will look and feel
    • Overall layout was serviceable, but missing features needed for core functionality
  • Planned changes:
    • Add job sign-up and submit post buttons
    • Show pay and distance on the listings page and add post confirmation feedback
    • Fixes are surface-level and don't require major technical changes
  • Caveats:
    • Only two external users and the Susie scenario wasn't tested.
    • The team isn't professionally trained, so wireframes may have made walkthroughs easier and hidden other issues

Full phase II report

Phase III: Prototypes and User Testing

Executive Summary

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Full phase III report

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