I began by doing secondary research about Asthma to learn about the disease and discover the potential users. Although any demographic may have Asthma, I was able to identify the most common ones and what triggers cause them to have an Asthma attack. This helped me later create a user persona.

With a time limit on this case study, I attempted to find Asthma patients who I could interview to learn more about pain points and frustrations when monitoring Asthma. Unfortunately, I didn't find anyone who had the time and had to use secondary research to continue. Although during usability testing, some participants who had Asthma explained that weather was important for users because cold air could worsen Asthma symptoms.

Then, I created a competitor analysis and listed the strengths and weaknesses of each Asthma app. I downloaded many different Asthma app monitors to see the unique ways to monitor and categorize Asthma triggers. This helped me decide how I would later organize and label content on the sitemap.

Based on research and insights, I created a user persona and empathy map of Google Aria's target user to empathize with the users as well as address the major needs and pain points.

Since most people who have Asthma attacks are usually triggered by their environment, It is vital to inform users on any nearby triggers. Insights like these will help me design a usable and informative app.

Here is Aliyah who represents Google Arias target user. She was diagnosed with Adult-Onset Asthma and struggles monitoring and tracking her symptoms and medication. She wants to be able to use one application that helps her deal with all things Asthma. She fears being unaware of when her symptoms may flare and wants to be informed when she should go to the hospital before an Asthma attack. Having Aliyah as my persona helped me fixate on the target audience and address the key problems that need solutions.

During the define phase, I synthesized all the data I have collected during the research phase to define the core problems that were identified up to this point.

Based on research, I created a feature roadmap which lists and prioritizes the features that should be added to the design. These features are the design solutions listed from most important to least. Keeping the list of features in mind, will help when creating a sitemap of the different pages that must be designed.

Based on the feature roadmap, I created a sitemap to show the different categories in the app. The main navigation would include the "Dashboard," "Journal," "Reminders," and "Account" with a floating action button. Based on research, these were the most important pages that users needed when tracking Asthma.

Then, I created two task flows that the user may take when using the app. First, they connect the device with the application. Then, they add their journal entry for their symptoms and reminders for their medication. The tasks flows are essential when designing each page and the content inside.

After the define phase, I integrated my findings and designed wireframes and logo.

I designed low-fidelity wireframe sketches to identify any problems in the early stages and uncover all my ideas. I used inspiration from different Asthma apps and Google apps when sketching the wireframes. I made sure to adhere to Material Design Guidelines when sketching the different pages. I used the task flows to design the key pages needed for each task.

Keeping Google's color palette and Material Design Guidelines in mind, I sketched different logo ideas and vectorized them using Sketch. The goal was to create a simple and clean logo that would be easy to remember, while using Google's color palette. I chose the inhaler because it instantly reminds users of Asthma.

I created mid-fidelity wireframes and used InVision to test out the design. I used Material Design Guidelines UI Kit to help me put the design components together.

I used inspiration from Google applications and other Asthma apps to design the wireframes. I wanted to stay consistent with Google apps to ease usability.

Based on the feedback from the usability test, I created an affinity map to sort, prioritize, and rank user testing feedback and list the potential solutions and next steps. These insights allowed me to iterate on my design to increase its usability.

After improving the designs usability, I updated the prototype for further testing.

Since the rise of popularity with 'Dark Mode', I chose to design the dashboard in dark mode while adhering to Material Design Guidelines.