Dell Technologies

Frictionsless subscriptions for Dell Apex customers

My role

As lead designer on the project I was responsible for:

  • Planning all design activities

  • Facilitating all workshops

  • Producing all design deliverables

 

Research

As our team was newly recruited to Dell we had a steep learning curve. I took charge of the design team of 3 designers and lead discovery workshops with key Dell stakeholders documenting everything in Miro.

During the discovery workshop we uncovered pre existing research on the workflows highlighting key pain points with the current process. I was able to use this information to not only move the functionality over but to build a better system that met the needs of the users.

Ideation

Before jumping into designs and Figma I ran co design sessions with the other designers on the team where we mapped out the customer experience and architecture of the system. This gave the team a clear vision and alignment on the new features that we would be designing. It also gave the team a chance to align with the needs of the business.

 

The solution

The solution designed went above and byond the initial ask from business to lift and shift the functionality and went on to address key user pain points.

 

Communications

I designed into the workflows a chat system that facilitated customer communication between them and the Dell sales team at all stages of the process.

The procurement of Cloud Infrastructure is a team sport for Dell customers. The new system facilitated customers to have multiple people to be part of the process and facilitated conversations between those actors. This enabled customers to complete the process faster and more efficiently.

Multiple roles

Flexible workflows

We knew multiple people would need to interact with the process at different stages so I designed a way for users to easily stop and start the process, pass it over to another person or simply come back to the process when they had the time.

Transparency

From the research it was clear users were struggling to understand at what stage of the process they were at and ultimately when their subscription would be up and running. I designed a system with clear communications from Dell to the customers informing them of status and any details required from them.