Seed Bank Sensor Kit Display
Programs:
Figma
Role:
Product Designer on Terraformation Seeds Team; Collaborated with the Lead Designer and Product Manager
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Impact
I led the design and implementation of brand new seed bank monitoring system. We aimed to improve Terraformation's forestry team's current manual process of monitoring their seed bank status.
Automated notification system
We improved the Terraformation forestry team member's current workflow of seed bank manual status checks through a real-time notification system that would alert them of an issues on their device.
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Dashboard display
Rather than have forestry team members physically check the status of seed banks periodically, we implemented a dashboard display that has all the important status information of the seed bank at a glance.
Customer + Business Problem
Customer
Forestry teams members - such as seed bank managers and project owners - want to be able to monitor the status of the seed banks and the out-planting viability of the seeds their seed bank stores.
Business
Terraformation has a goal of selling 10,000 seed banks to their partners. Seed banks store seeds that will be out-planted in native forests, which is an important step to reversing climate change. The Seed Bank Sensor Kit Display plays a key role in keeping partners up-to-date about their seed bank status.
Solution
Building out a notification and monitoring system + sensor kit display in order for users to be able to view seed bank data history/patterns as well as receiving alerts related to seed viability in the seed bank (temperature, humidity, battery power, and connectivity).
Dropdown menu:​ The dropdown menu allows the user to view data patterns based on specific sensor locations and time period.​
Graph functionality:​ User can hide/show temperature controls on graph. User can hover over specific axis and can view corresponding seed bank data with that point.​
In-app alerts:​ The purpose of in-app alerts is to alert the user of any urgent items that need to be taken care of when they are not physically on site, but logged on to Terraformation's software "Terraware". Users can also customize their view of alerts and manage alerts, depending on what's most important to them.
Dashboard personalization:​ User has the option to move panels in order of priority.
User Research
Since Terraformation is a startup, the company doesn't have much of an external user base to pull from - so the design team used our own Forestry Team members as the measuring stick for the user needs that have to be fulfilled.
Project Owner, oversees an entire forestry project/site
Seed Bank Manager, oversees the day-to-day workings of the seed bank
Feedback Loop:
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Our team set up weekly meetings to share designs with the Forestry team to ensure that our designs were providing value and meeting their needs.
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Key Takeways:​
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1. Users wanting to know what the immediate seed bank action items are at a glance
2. The desire to monitor data patterns in the seed bank to evaluate how to manage the seed bank in the future
3. Being able to customize the order of the data displayed on the dashboard in order of priority