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Mobile App

Mobile application leveraging near real-time geolocation services, with features including secure user discovery within a restricted database, group-based user management, and configurable, event-driven alert notifications.

Please note: Due to the nature of this project being a government contract, only limited information and visuals can be shared in accordance with security and confidentiality requirements.

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Quick Information

Role

Lead UX Designer

Process

Discovery & research

Ideation

Design

Testing

Redesign

Final Takeaway

Tools

Figma/Figjam

Slack

Teams/Zoom

MS Office

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Goal

Design and prototype a minimum viable product (MVP) mobile application that provides near real-time geolocation data, controlled user discovery, group functionality, and dynamic alerts — all within a 4-month production window.

Problem

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Solution

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Discovery & Research

Objectives:

  • Understand user goals and environments

  • Identify constraints (technical, legal, and timeline)

  • Benchmark similar tools (e.g., Life360, Find My, Garmin)

Activities:

  • Stakeholder check-in: Clarified expectations around scale, privacy, and MVP.

  • User interviews: Spoke with potential users.

  • Competitive audit: Reviewed location-sharing and alerting apps.

  • Feasibility alignment: Talked with developers to understand what could be achieved with geolocation APIs 

Key Insights:

  • Privacy and permissions are deal-breakers for stakeholders.

  • Real-time data must feel instant, or users won’t trust the application to function properly.

  • User discoverability must be intuitive and low-friction to adopt.

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Define, Sketch, & Ideate

Feature Prioritization:

  • Must: Real-time tracking, geofences, group creation, alerts

  • Should: User directory with permissions, status messages, chat

  • Could: Map themes, offline tracking

  • Won’t (MVP): Roles admin, integrations with third-party chat

Activities:

  • Rapid sketching of map views, user id/username, and alert flows.

  • Collaborative online whiteboard sessions to define directory creation logic.

  • Created user journey maps for different types of users depending on role.

Key Flows Created:

  • Group directory search and invite link.

  • Sending an alert when someone enters/exits a geofence.

  • Managing visibility settings (e.g., invisible mode, visible-to-group-only).

Wireframe & Prototype

Outputs:

  • Interactive wireframes:

    • Live map with layered UI components

    • Location card with status information

    • Group dashboard with roles and permissions

  • Geofence management flow:

    • ​Simple circular and polygon zone drawing and editing capabilities

  • Permissions modals:

    • ​Search request and share confirmation

Early Validation:

  • Internal user testing with 3 participants

  • Iterated with group user flows demo for lower friction

  • Simplified location share onboarding to a few key steps 

Tools:

  • Figma for low- to mid-fidelity wireframes

  • Figjam for group architecture maps and live demos

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Design System & Dev Handoff

Deliverables:

  • Deliverables for Dev:

    • Final Figma prototype with documentation

    • Design tokens and system styles (color, typography, spacing)

    • Component library (buttons, badges, cards, status indicators)

    • Annotated flows with edge case handling

  • Design Support:

    • Bi-weekly design/dev check-ins

    • Created micro-interactions and animation specs for geofence alerts and status changes

    • Supplied 5 app icon mockups and onboarding illustrations

Final MVP Features

Outputs:

  • Live location tracking with 15-sec updates

  • Real-time geofencing and alerts

  • Clean map-based UI with day/night modes

  • Group join/invite

  • Controlled directory search with permissions

  • Status and visibility controls

  • Simple onboarding

Early Feedback:

  • Ability to contact find and send basic messages to other users

  • Trust in location accuracy and responsiveness

  • Desire for admin access, expand useable devices, and SOS signal feedback

Next Steps:

  • Implement SOS tap-and-hold trigger

  • Build out offline tracking queue system

  • Expand directory options with organization layers

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