BigSQL

Context

At OpenSCG, I helped conceptualize and led the design on their product, BigSQL - a web based database management and monitoring tool.

The product attempts to address several gaps in the postgres ecosystem:

The lack of a streamlined package management solution for postgres and the products in its ecosystem (like npm for nodejs)
No open-source one-click installer solution for postgres and its extensions
No GUI for managing multi-host postgres installations

Engagement

The role included contributing to the overall product strategy and vision, co-ordinating and planning the UX process – interaction design, visual design and working closely with the engineering team during product execution and managing the direction of the product and changes thereof.

Key Activities

Requirements Gathering
Persona & User stories creation
Stakeholder Interviews / discussions / workshops
Curating ideation workshops to develop Information Architecture
Wireframing & use flows with Sketch & Invision
Design Iterations
HTML Prototype
Interaction specifications

Challenges

High entropy in day-to-day activities
Fighting the engineering mindset
Focusing team on User Centered development
Continually shifting business & technical requirements