BrewStash
Anna Leiss
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Posted Feb 2, 2024
Mobile app for managing inventory at a brewery. Designed in Figma and using the Polaris UI kit.
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Keeping track of raw materials in one convenient place.
BrewStash is an inventory management app for a small brewery.
As part of my Google UX Design Professional Certificate coursework, I developed an app for mobile devices that was inspired by my work as a brewer.
This app allows brewery employees and owners to quickly and easily update inventory for their raw materials and products.
Based on personal experience, I know that brewery operations take time and inventory shouldn't.
The Process
1st: Understand the user
Methods:
Interviewed potential users
Created user personas
Created user journey map
Conducted a competitive audit
Persona
User persona
User journey map
Journey map
Competitive Audit
Insights:
Need real-time updates
Must be low-vision friendly
Similar information architecture to existing system to reduce learning curve
2nd: Start ideating solutions
Close-up storyboard
Paper wireframes
Early digital wireframes
I realized my initial designs were not low-vision friendly so I increased button and text size in my revised designs.
Revised designs
3rd: Check that my designs are meeting user needs so far
Research plan
After conducting two rounds of usability studies with 5 different test users, I created affinity boards to determine next steps.
Affinity boards
Research round 1 affinity board
Research round 2 affinity board
Insights:
Round 1
Visual feedback needs to be shown when an item is successfully updated
The home button needs to be on every screen
The edit button needs to be an icon in a familiar location
Round 2
Adding to inventory needs to be a prominent action button
Quantity needs to be manually editable
Edit button needs an icon with text
Design revisions
Final Design
"I knew where to go and what to do."
"Appearance is simple and not overwhelming."
"That was easy and super obvious."
What I learned
I learned a great deal about my own biases and found the usability studies tremendously helpful.
I also learned that it’s difficult to stop iterating. There’s always more to improve!