Qatium
Qatium is a disruptive water management system which breaks the traditional workflows and ways to work in the industry. It democratizes the access to that service to any kind of city, government or management company no matter the data, knowledge or budget they have.
The whole platform is supported by high-level, immersive data visualization design featuring interactive maps, charts, GIS-integrated mapping, and KPI dashboards.
My role: Product design, Design systems
Period: 2020-2021
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To make a difference and get a good market fit, the business team required an advanced and very experiential data visualization design.
We, the design team, need to build exceptional visual components from scratch, bringing references and product experience standards from outside the water industry.
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I was brought on board to assist the design system team to ensure visual and interaction consistency across the platform.
Eventually, my role evolved, and I became a part of the product team, not just focusing on interaction design, but also contributing to user research through interviews, blueprints, and user testing.
In sum, the design team was made up of 4 product designers, 2 front-end engineers and 1 product researcher.
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By seeing competitors like Autodesk or QGis, we bet for using interactive maps, charts, GIS Data in maps and KPIs dashboards all in context.
We also tried to simplify the journey for the water management, thanks to internal stakeholders as civil engineers.
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1. Interviews with civil engineers and water industry consultants.
2. Scope meetings with product and engineering team members.
3. New framework proposal to release in multiple platforms (Design System)
4. UI design aligned with product roadmaps.
5. Presentations to stakeholders.
6. Implementation support for all engineering teams in agile sprints.
7. Product Marketing asset support.
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Qatium's first MVP was a resounding success, attracting the attention of numerous stakeholders in the water sector and also interested cities, such as Melbourne and Los Angeles.
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As a small group of 6 people –including researchers, UX designers and Frontend UI developers–, we used Design Thinking, Lean UX and Agile methodologies.
Working in sprints with the 12 people engineering team was quite a challenge.
I also appreciated having a public and participatory roadmap with different stakeholders.
Qube Design System
As part of the design team who established and applied a Design System for design and development, we push to oversee documentation, design tokens, components, assets, layouts, and typography. The system was named Qube.
