| Week / Deliverable | Goals | Date | Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | |||
| **Competitor Analysis | |||
| SWOT Analysis | |||
| Interview Prep** | PARTNER WITH UXR | ||
| • Competitor analysis of mentorship platforms from the mentor’s perspective (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities) | |||
| • Analysis focus: heuristics evaluations + visual design + overall flows + SWOT | |||
| • Write interview guide | |||
| • Screen interview participants + schedule interviews | 2/6 - 2/12 | Sarah Hegazi sprint | |
| Week 2 | |||
| **Gathering research | |||
| Problem statements** | • Notetake for UXR interviews | ||
| • Define problem statement | |||
| • Write user stories (assumptions, UXR will confirm later) | |||
| 2/13 - 2/19 | |||
| Week 3 | |||
| **Research synthesis | |||
| Information architecture** | PARTNER WITH UXR | ||
| • Affinity mapping | |||
| • Persona creation |
INDEPENDENTLY • Information architecture: sitemaps and/or user flows • Start sketching and ideation once key screens are defined | 2/20 - 2/26 | Sprint 2 (Design’s pick) | | Week 4 Ideation | • Sketching + Ideation (assign apprentices different screens - crazy 8s?) • Design critique session | 2/27 - 3/5 | | | Week 5 Wireframing | • Familiarize team with design system / guidelines • Wireframing (assign apprentices different screens) | 3/6 - 3/12 | Sprint 3 | | Week 6 High Fidelity | • High fidelity screens (assign apprentices with different | 3/13 - 3/19 | |
| Week 8 Final Mockups | • Finalize mockups • Annotate designs for developer handoff • Clean Notion + Figma files for Phase 3 handoff | 3/27 - | |