Product Design Practice Cases

41 practice cases

• Design a Recycling App to Boost Participation in Urban Areas

  A city government has noticed a significant drop in recycling participation rates in urban areas despite having robust facilities in place. Your task is to design a new app that encourages residents to recycle more effectively. The app should address specific barriers identified through surveys: inc

• Design a Task Management App for Users with ADHD

  You are working at Asana, a well-known task management platform. Recent research indicates that users with ADHD find the app overwhelming and struggle to stay organized, resulting in high churn rates within this demographic. Given this context, design a solution for this specific user group. You hav

• Apply Dating App 'Swipe' Mechanics to Virtual Job Fairs

  Your team is tasked with improving engagement at virtual job fairs hosted by a career services company. Attendees often find it overwhelming to explore all available job postings and companies. How can you apply the 'swipe' mechanics from dating apps like Tinder to make the experience more engaging

• Design an Educational App for Low-Income Brazilian Students

  You are tasked with designing an educational app for low-income students in Brazil, specifically in areas with unreliable internet and limited access to smart devices. The goal is to enhance learning opportunities for students aged 10-15, focusing on core subjects like math and science. You have a b

• Design a Navigation App for Visually Impaired Pedestrians

  You are tasked with designing a pedestrian navigation app for visually impaired users in urban environments. Research indicates that current navigation apps do not adequately address this group's specific needs, such as detailed audio cues and obstacle detection. You're working with a constraint of

• Design a Language Learning App for Refugees with Limited Connectivity

  You are tasked with designing a new language learning app tailored for refugees living in temporary settlements, where internet connectivity is intermittent and unreliable. Current feedback suggests that existing language apps assume consistent internet access, leaving this audience underserved. Con

• Design a Personalized Wellness Program for Remote Workers

  With the rise of remote work, many employees struggle with maintaining work-life balance and mental health. Imagine you are working for a wellness company looking to launch a digital solution aimed at improving mental well-being for remote workers. You've observed that existing solutions lack person

• Design a Family-focused Task Management App Competing with Todoist

  You are tasked with designing a task management app specifically aimed at families to differentiate and compete with Todoist. You notice that while Todoist caters well to individual productivity, there's an opportunity to better serve families looking for a shared task space. The challenge is to ens

• Design a Safety App for Remote Alaskan Villages

  Imagine you're tasked with designing a safety communication tool for residents of remote Alaskan villages where cellular coverage is sparse and internet access is limited. Recently, there's been a rise in emergency situations, such as severe weather and health emergencies, that require timely alerts

• Apply Podcast Streaming Dynamics to E-book Discovery

  You're a product manager at Amazon Kindle, focused on improving e-book discovery. Consider applying the 'dynamic playlist' concept from Spotify Podcasts to enhance Kindle’s book recommendation engine. Current user engagement with personalized recommendations is flat. With only one engineer available

• Apply Self-Checkout Kiosk Concepts to Online Grocery Fulfillment

  You are a product manager at Instacart, which is facing mounting pressure to reduce order picking times in large urban stores. The operations team reports that current picking times are significantly higher than industry benchmarks. To address this, you want to apply the principles of self-checkout

• Design a Financial Literacy Tool for Unbanked Adults

  Your task is to design a new financial literacy tool for adults who are unbanked, focusing on rural communities in developing countries. Recent research indicates that 70% of adults in these areas have access to a mobile phone but not to formal banking services. The tool must build trust while educa

• Bring YouTube's Recommendation System to Local Library Book Lending

  The local library system wants to apply YouTube-style content recommendations to their book lending process to increase book circulation and user engagement. Currently, users mostly borrow popular and new releases, leaving older books underutilized. You have one data scientist and two weeks to analy

• Apply Airbnb-style User Reviews to Healthcare Clinic Operations

  A regional healthcare clinic chain named MediCare is facing challenges with patient satisfaction and clinic efficiency. They've recently noticed a drop in their Net Promoter Score (NPS) and an increase in patient complaints about the quality of care and operational delays. To address this, MediCare

• Design a Fitness App for Users with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

  FitTrack, a popular fitness app, is exploring opportunities to expand into new user segments. Recently, user research revealed an interest among individuals with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) in using the app, but these users have unique needs that the current app does not address. FitTrack wants t