SOPHIE KNIGHT DESIGN
Key findings:
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Accessibility and Usability Issues
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Showstoppers: Major usability issues like non-functional buttons and unresponsive navigation must be fixed to prevent users from abandoning the app.
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Interactive Controls: Ensure all interactive elements are operable using assistive technologies and meet a minimum contrast ratio of 3:1.
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Consistent Icons and Colors: Align iconography and color schemes with accessibility guidelines to provide a coherent user interface.
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Competitor Insights
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Scheduling: Enhance scheduling visualization to simplify field engineers' tasks.
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Time-Saving Features: Implement in-app copy/paste functionality and auto-copy features to improve efficiency on small screens.
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Live Updates: Introduce real-time updates and live service progress indicators for field engineers.
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Customer Communication: Provide live location updates to customers via SMS/email.
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UI/UX Improvements
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Rescheduling Interface: Create a more intuitive date picker with options for manual input and combined time/date selection.
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Homepage Organization: Improve the assignment list view with sorting, filtering options, and various display formats (e.g., calendar view).
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Menu Navigation: Redesign the menu to avoid full-screen takeover, allowing partial overlays to keep app content visible.
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In-App Optimization
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Redirection Features: Simplify navigation with in-app buttons for copy/paste and redirection to mapping applications.
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Task Time Estimates: Provide estimated task durations to help engineers manage their schedules better.
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Documentation and Help
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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.
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Research Methods
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Heuristic Evaluation: Applied Jakob Nielsen’s ten usability heuristics to identify usability issues.
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Competitor Analysis: Compared features with other field service and delivery apps like Microsoft Dynamics 365, Service Titan, and Amazon Flex Driver.
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Accessibility Review: Conducted using WCAG 2.0 and W3C/WAI guidelines.