prototype and tesing warut vichanyuttanakul

Job Encyclopedia VS Mobile career path data application

PROTOTYPING & TESTING

PROBLEM STATEMENT & IDEAS SELECTION

¡ 4th-year financial major student who is in crisis looking for jobs that relate to their field of study needs a way to learn what they can do outside their field because the job directly related to their diploma is limited and might not be the right job.

¡ Ideas : creating job dictionary which compiles data of ALL positions/careers available in the world for them to study and inspire themselves

PS & IDEAS

RAPID PROTOTYPING

Printed job d ict ionar ies

PROTOTYPE I

My prototype planning that wasn’t shown to my stakeholders.

Printed job d ict ionar ies

PROTOTYPE I

I show this index page to my stakeholders and collect feedbacks.

Printed job d ict ionar ies

PROTOTYPE I

Sample page in the dictionary.

Interact ive mobi le appl icat ion

PROTOTYPE II

My prototype planning that wasn’t shown to my stakeholders.

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PROTOTYPE II

Application prototype

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PROTOTYPE II

Stakeholders can click some panels and I will show them where the links lead to.

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PROTOTYPE II

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PROTOTYPE II

This is the result shown when stakeholder reach their job.

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PROTOTYPE II

TESTING

What worked

What could be improved

Questions Ideas

FEEDBACK

¡ Prototype I § The contents which

include § The interview section >

help inspire reader § Career path section § Qualification section § Salary

¡ Prototype II § The contents (more or

less the same with the 1st prototype)

§ The search engine system > help reduce the searching time

WHAT WORKED

¡ Prototype I § The A5 size can carry

little information. § The book can be too

thick. § Try new arrangement

rather than alphabetical order.

¡ Prototype II § Design > current

design look too much alike the normal recruitment platform.

§ Word choice > since mobile has small monitor, we need concise but comprehensive words.

WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED

¡ Prototype I § What kind of pictures

will be shown? § Will some positions

overlap with others? Ex. Assistant manager VS manager

¡ Prototype II § How does it differ from

normal recruitment platform.

§ Will the apps be accessible by all users? How about those who do not have smart phones?

§ What is your business model?

QUESTIONS

¡  Prototype I §  Some contents should be

added to differentiate my work. §  Critical review from personnel in

that position. §  Nature of the works itself – i.e.

working time §  Nature the position in each

company

¡  Prototype II §  Similar content with prototype I

could be added. §  Make use of clients’ profile to

suggest them the related jobs to make it easier to look for.

§  Can be connected with Linkedin.

§  Contact companies for help. They would be willing to if this could help them find the right person for the right job.

§  Make use of system to form the alumni network which can show them what her seniors are doing now including both those who work in financial field and those who don’t but still happy!

IDEAS

REFLECTION

Showing my prototypes to the stakeholder I have interviewed earlier helps me gain more empathy to her and help me identify the weakness of my prototype. The idea itself was welcome with joy but the design of my execution is still too weak. On one hand, she was glad that I’m looking for the way to help her gain more insight in the working market. She said it would be nice if she has access to data like career path, salary and interview with people that really work in that position. She even suggested I compile data based on graduation field so that students can see what their seniors can actually do to working life. On the other hand, she thinks the design resembles too much with existing job searching engine. Also, she thinks that if I were to collect people’s profile, people should do it with least effort. I can connect to Linkedin or other existing databases to help people reduces time.

WHAT DO I LEARN

Next step I should take if I were to continue on this project is to improve my prototype or create new prototypes that could also work. Then I will need to test them with many people to see what is the best choice. After that I will need to find the sustainable business plan before try launching the product.

WHAT’S NEXT