Summary
PGIM had recently built a portal to get their clients onboarded and complete important forms. After noticing a low completion rate, PGIM asked us to perform a UX review and refine the interface.
My Role
UX Review, UI Design, Prototyping
Team
Ross Treleaven - Project Lead & Strategy
Sofia D'adamo - PM
Client
White Marble & PGIM
Duration
3 weeks
Before / after the re-design.
Analyse current user pain points and perform review the current user journeys to suggest possible improvements
As the onboarding experience is complex and involves multiple steps, intuitive navigation and clear progess feedback is essential to ensure the user can complete their tasks.
Employ best UI/UX practices to simplify the forms, reduce the overwhelm and help users feel in control.
To begin with, we performed a ux review and observed feedback from testing the client performed. Here's what we discovered:
To get started, I defined the visual style and UI elements- ensuring a design system that had clarity, flexibility and consistency with their brand guidelines. The majority of pain points came from the forms- so my focus was to simplify these forms to help make them more comprehendible and less daunting for the user. To do this, my design:
To give the landing page a clearer overiew and be more helpful, I suggested:
Previously, the document management page had several tales in a long list which was visually busy and difficult for users to find the document caregory. Our design made this process easier by:
After the update, there were less contacts to support and customers gave a more positive reviews in the feedback form.
Although the client didn't share the exact data, the onboarding completion rate improved significantly and the time on the task was reduced.
Spending the time to define a well thought out design system and using auto-layout for flexible components meant the client could save time and ensure consistency on future portals/dashboards.
There were complex areas of the onboarding where taking a step back and evaluating the user journey could've saved time later in the project. A big learning on this project was to trust my instincts, to question the project scope and clearly communicate the wider impacts of decisions.
Empathising and understanding the needs of stakeholders is powerful to help projects move forward positively.
Another feature that didn't make the final designs was tooltips for a smart tour of the product. These are a great way to show users key features in a contextual and engaging way.
Contact
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