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UX Audit Summary for DFSM Application

Overview

The UX audit of the DFSM (Field Services Mobile) app identifies areas where the app can be improved to enhance user experience, focusing on accessibility, usability, and competitive analysis.

Key findings: 

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  1. Accessibility and Usability Issues

    • Showstoppers: Major usability issues like non-functional buttons and unresponsive navigation must be fixed to prevent users from abandoning the app.

    • Interactive Controls: Ensure all interactive elements are operable using assistive technologies and meet a minimum contrast ratio of 3:1.

    • Consistent Icons and Colors: Align iconography and color schemes with accessibility guidelines to provide a coherent user interface.

  2. Competitor Insights

    • Scheduling: Enhance scheduling visualization to simplify field engineers' tasks.

    • Time-Saving Features: Implement in-app copy/paste functionality and auto-copy features to improve efficiency on small screens.

    • Live Updates: Introduce real-time updates and live service progress indicators for field engineers.

    • Customer Communication: Provide live location updates to customers via SMS/email.

  3. UI/UX Improvements

    • Rescheduling Interface: Create a more intuitive date picker with options for manual input and combined time/date selection.

    • Homepage Organization: Improve the assignment list view with sorting, filtering options, and various display formats (e.g., calendar view).

    • Menu Navigation: Redesign the menu to avoid full-screen takeover, allowing partial overlays to keep app content visible.

  4. In-App Optimization

    • Redirection Features: Simplify navigation with in-app buttons for copy/paste and redirection to mapping applications.

    • Task Time Estimates: Provide estimated task durations to help engineers manage their schedules better.

  5. Documentation and Help

    • In-App Help: Integrate a user-friendly help section with FAQs and contact options within the app to reduce information overload and provide immediate assistance.

     Research Methods

  • Heuristic Evaluation: Applied Jakob Nielsen’s ten usability heuristics to identify usability issues.

  • Competitor Analysis: Compared features with other field service and delivery apps like Microsoft Dynamics 365, Service Titan, and Amazon Flex Driver.

  • Accessibility Review: Conducted using WCAG 2.0 and W3C/WAI guidelines.

Heuristic Evaluation:

Competitive analysis and user flows:

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