UX Lead / Enterprise Application Management
Case Study
Enterprise
Application
Management
UX Strategy Research Enterprise
Problem Statement

A telecom enterprise required a unified platform to consolidate multiple legacy applications — Crosswalk, SECIP, ENID, CANS and COST OPS — into one seamless experience. Users were swivelling between apps, causing delays, data duplication, and significant drops in operational efficiency.

Client
Charter Communications
Role
UX Lead
Products
Crosswalk, SECIP, ENID

Strategy Framework and Planning

Underneath the veil of our entrancing presentation lies a carefully crafted strategy — a special glimpse into our hidden blueprint.

1. Primary Research Stakeholder Interviews
30+ User Interviews Conducted
2. Usability Evaluation Heuristics
80+ / 35+ / 100+ Observations & Recommendations
3. Information Flow Functional
4. Insights Mapping Future Evaluation
10+ Insights mapping for various user groups
5. Synthesis User Persona & Journey Mapping
13+ Personas and Journeys created
6. Task Flow Future State Mapping
22+ Task flows

The Big Picture!

Backend Database Multiple databases
Granite Salesforce Notes API Spectrum More...
Crosswalk Integration of APIs and data under one layer
CANS ENID COST OPS

Impact Created

60%
Faster Task Completion
5
Products Unified from 1 POC
25%
Reduction in Access Time

Challenges

Stakeholder Availability User Group Identification Diverse User Expectations Agile Environments Effective User Research Other Constraints

Business Goals

Smooth integration of all applications through various APIs unified in a single layer.

Seamless execution of IP blocks and scripts, from customer request to final execution.

Leverage our adaptable framework, designed to be applied across a variety of Charter applications.

Transition effortlessly between applications, minimizing the need for multiple software interactions.

Reduce Swivel movement between applications which would enhance the application usage experience.

User Goals

Modernized user interface and enhanced user experience.

Optimized processes with improved flows to boost efficiency.

Seamless user interactions by integrating multiple applications into one unified platform.

Minimized efforts with reduced software swivel.

Accelerated workflow with a promise to reduce ticket and application access time by 25%.

Redesigned application that respects the existing mental model, ensuring an improved experience without steep learning curves.

Pain Points during Execution

How design deliverables were fit into agile?

Frequent client calls scheduled by Functional team?

How can we avoid client overlap, as there are instances we had common stakeholders between the Products?

Our Approach

Our approach framework

Other Initiatives within Project

Visual Audits

Regular audits and iterative reviews have been instrumental in identifying areas for enhancement. These activities not only maintain design integrity but also contribute to an evolving backlog that continuously challenges and expands our design team's capabilities.

Design Audits

Cross Product Audit Covering key parameters such as Business and user research, idea synthesis, User experience and visual designs — which enhances the trust we have created with the client by sharing proper audit documentation and has been instrumental in reviewing our own Design Quality.

Products

Product Deep Dives

Crosswalk
Problem Statement

Customer wants to migrate into brand new UI called Crosswalk — an exact replica of Scriptsure Project.

Their expectation towards Crosswalk is clean and standard code which follows SOLID principles.

Impact Created

Streamlined design enabling users to easily navigate and find required insights by reducing clicks and time by 25%.

Unified Access Architecture — simplified user experience by integrating all necessary apps inside Crosswalk.

Crosswalk application screen
Crosswalk panel view
SECIP
Problem Statement

Require seamless experience to end users by integrating multiple applications into one.

Notifications are sent based on scheduled maintenance — automating the existing process would ease the experience.

Automate the integration between CANs and Remedy / other applications.

Impact Created

Reduced ticket creation time by 25–35%.

Automate the integration between SECIP and other backend applications.

A design that comprises the requirement without affecting the users mental model — well appreciated by the Charter team.

SECIP application screenshot 1
SECIP application screenshot 2
ENID
Problem Statement

Had to refer multiple applications to create an Activity that helps users to find the false alarm.

User must manually inspect system due to poor alarm notification design.

Due to recurrent JIRA-ENID data collection, ticket creation takes time.

Impact Created

Streamlined flow of activity creation helped in reducing the time creation by 30 minutes per ticket.

Automated the ticket creation flow by integrating JIRA and ENID.

Using a machine learning method, we enabled the system to predict erroneous alarms, reducing ticket redundancy.

ENID application screen
ENID panel view
Annexures

Heuristics Evaluation

80+ concerning observations · 35+ encouraging observations · 100+ recommendations captured during the heuristic evaluation phase.

Heuristic Analysis
Heuristic analysis artefact
Observation Summary
Heuristics observation summary
Research

User Interviews

30+ one-on-one user interviews conducted across multiple stakeholder groups to surface real pain points and expectations.

Interview Overview
User interview overview artefact
Synthesis

Insights Mapping

10+ insights mapping artefacts created for various user groups — surfacing patterns, opportunities, and design imperatives.

Insights Mapping
Insights mapping artefact 1
Insights mapping artefact 2
Synthesis

User Persona & Journey

13+ personas and journey maps produced, covering Tier-1 to Tier-3 support engineers, field technicians, and operations managers.

User Personas
User persona artefact
Card Sorting
Card sorting artefact
Delivery

Task Flows — Future State

22+ future-state task flows defined to ensure the redesigned platform aligns precisely with real-world operator workflows.

Task Flow — Set A
Task flow set A
Task Flow — Set B
Task flow set B

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