Cloud-based System | Bioinformatics | Software | Desktop and Tablet
Business Impact
Eliminate file restrictions
Increase user-base
Increase global commerical buy-ins
UX Designer
Supported the feature design of a new data pipeline through competitive analyses, userflows, design, and close collaboration with the development team.
Figma
Confluence
MS Office
Project Goals
Establish a new userflow to allow the upload of two file types
Optimize back-end outputs
Adjust the information architecture
Problem
Berkeley Lights wants to reach more users by allowing more files to be processed in their software.
I. DISCOVERY
Competitve Analysis
This project had a strict 2-week timeline. Therefore, I quickly looked at competitors to gauge areas of improvements in our system when implementing the new data pipeline.
We used the following success metrics:
Identify elements meeting one of Nielsen Norman's heuristic
Score a heuristic out of 5 by counting how many times a heuristic is successfully demonstrated on a page
A score of 4 out of 5 means that the competitor design is usable.
Key findings:
None of the competitors have consistent and accessible designs.
II. DEFINE
Userflow
III. DESIGN
Wireframes
With a userflow and heuristic analysis in place, I started creating wireframes that I could use to discuss with my team. Originally, the section "Pipeline" did not exist. I added the "Pipeline" section so that users could choose the type of sequencing analysis they would like to perform.
Mockups
Usability Testing
I conducted several rounds of usability testing of our high fidelity mockups. Some of our major feedbacks are:
Users liked elements being highlighted
Users want to know how to resolve errors
Specific CSV files from a sequencing machine cannot be processed
Iterations
Prototype
IV. DELIVER
Results
A new data pipeline allows users to import two common sequencing files used globally by scientists. This feature expands the accessibility of the software system to global clients.
Next Steps
The design format that I created could be used to add additional pipelines as needed. Other than that, I added a new column, "Type", in the Analysis List Page that allowed users to distinguish between analysis file types.
