Concept App
Team: 3 Designers
Duration: 4 Week Sprint
My role: UX Research, Usability testing, Lead UX/UI design on Logging and Dashboard Features, Contributed to UX Strategy on all Features
Objective
Design an app to support pregnant women with Gestational Diabetes (GDM) to manage their health post-diagnosis.
Solution
5 features to streamline the GDM health intervention plan and provide additional resources to women experiencing GDM.
Background on GDM
GDM is a type of diabetes that occurs only during pregnancy and poses serious health risks to both mother and child.
Research Inquiry
How are women currently reacting to their diagnosis and implementing the necessary changes?
Persona
I created a persona, Mari Flores, to represent the challenges, motivations, and pain points that our target users face.
Ideation
We identified four challenges we could address with our app solution:
Ideation
We brainstormed features and rapidly iterated through the round robin method to clarify our team vision.
MVP Features
We decided on five features to assist women manage their health following their diagnosis.
MVP Features
Dashboard
Priorities
Simplifying Logging
Incentivising Consistent Logging
MVP Features
Food and Glucose Logging
Priorities
Simplifying Logging
Incentivizing Consistent Logging
Providing Accessible Nutrition Information
MVP Features
AI Chatbot & Recipe Library
Priorities
Connecting the User to Medical Practitioners and GDM Community
Providing Accessible Tools and Information about GDM
Providing Nutritional Information and Simplifying Logging
