Event Guide App
Mobile app provides conference attendees quick access to relevant presentation details and schedule information.
Project Goal
Create a mobile app for people attending [SQL Saturday Baton Rouge, LA](https://sqlsaturday.com/2022-08-06-sqlsaturday1026/), an annual developer-focused conference. Allow them to bookmark sessions and browse by session metadata.
Target Audience
Developers, database administrators, and other information technology workers such as designers, projects managers, and business analysts.
Research & Key Challenges
Research was conducted using past years’ attendees’ feedback surveys. Features were generated from insights gathered from the surveys. The app is designed to be easily developed using Xamarin and many pre-defined layouts within Xamarin. Using pre-defined layouts enabled us to produce the app more quickly for both iOS and Android phones.
Initial Design Concepts & Wireframes
The initial design concepts were sketched on the fly in one of the initial planning meetings for the event. Using an ad hoc competitive analysis of other event guide apps, the event advisory board generated the app parameters.
Usability Testing
Usability was taken from the limitations and the considerations discussed by the executive. These items were influenced by the timeline and technical constraints of the project.
Conclusion
As dark modes are all the rage among developer IDEs, I designed the app with dark mode only (which helped my short turn around time). For the next year I will add a light mode to the app. The annual event is including more management types, so the inclusion of an additional choice will be timely.