Nutrition coach case study
Case study: Part of my Google UX Design Professional Certificate program.
2022
Project overview
The product:
Application is for helping people with diets and finding recipes.
Project duration:
December 2022
The problem:
People want to eat healthy meals and be aware of their diet.
My role:
UX researcher, UX designer, UI designer
The goal:
Create an app that will allow browsing recipes, add the user’s diet, and manage the shopping list.
Responsibilities:
user research, wireframing, prototyping, designing
Usability study: Parameters
Study type:
Unmoderated usability study
Location:
Prague, remote
Participants:
5 participants
Length:
20-30 minutes
Usability study: Findings
Round 1 findings
1. Users want to edit their diet
2. Users want to edit their profile
Round 2 findings
1. Users want to search based on their diet
2. Users want more information about food in search results
Understanding the user
User research: Summary
I conducted user interviews and created empathy maps to understand the users. A primary user group identified through user research was working adults with some dietary or meal problems.
This user group revealed problems like: Add/Edit my diet, Search based on diet, and Create a shopping list to know what to buy.
User research: Pain points
1.
Searching with the diet
Needs of searching based on diets.
2.
Shopping list
Do not know what to buy to cook the meal based on the recipe.
3.
Accessibility
Missing assistive technologies.
Persona: Liz
User journey map
Mapping Liz’s user journey revealed how she can cook with her special diet.
Problem statement
Mapping Liz’s problem statement revealed how she can cook with her special diet.
Starting the design
Sitemap
Paper wireframes
Digital wireframes
Low-fidelity prototype
Low-fidelity prototype with ordering scenario is available here:
Refining the design
Mockups
Accessibility considerations
1
Adding an advanced search for searching meals. With options to select a diet and type of meal, like breakfast, lunch, etc.
2
Adding an advanced shopping list to track what is already at home.
Going forward
Takeaways
Impact:
The number of visitors is double what we expected.
What I learned:
I learned that doing a usability study multiple times is very useful.