This project represents a prototype for an app called Blood Factory, aimed at bridging the gap between blood donors and blood banks in India. The app helps ensure that blood banks in critical need of blood supplies can connect with willing donors, creating a more efficient system to meet the urgent blood needs of patients.
This project is a personal initiative to enhance my product management skills by identifying a real-world problem, conceptualizing a solution, and designing the user experience. Through this process, I have worked on improving my skills in feature prioritization, user research, prototyping, and problem-solving, with the goal of delivering an app that provides real value to its users and simplifies the blood donation process.
In India, many blood banks face shortages during emergencies, and patients' families are often tasked with arranging blood on their own. This can be a time-consuming and stressful process. The Blood Factory app offers a solution by connecting donors with blood banks that are in critical need of specific blood types, making the process easier and faster for everyone involved.
- Improve product management skills by creating a user-centered design for blood donation.
- Develop a prototype that simplifies the blood donation process by connecting donors and blood banks efficiently.
- Enhance user experience through thoughtful design and feature organization.
The prototype comprises 5 pages, each addressing a critical part of the user journey for blood donors. This allowed me to practice how to structure product features based on user needs and streamline the user experience.
- This is the home page of the app. It includes the app name and options for login or sign-up for new users.
- This page is designed for donors to search for patients in need of blood. Donors can:
- Search for patient info or by location.
- Select their blood group and view a list of patients who need that specific blood type.
- See the number of blood bags required and how much has been donated.
- View blood bank details and navigate using the taskbar at the bottom for home, notifications, filters, and profile.
- Once a donor selects a patient, they are redirected to this page.
- View the patient's details, diagnosis, and blood bank information.
- See how many bags of blood are still needed.
- If the donor wishes to donate, they can click Book Time.
- After selecting to donate blood, the donor is shown a Google Map excerpt for easy navigation to the blood bank.
- Donors can select a date and time for their donation and confirm the booking by clicking the Confirm button.
- This page contains the donor's profile information.
- Users can view their donation history, edit their profile, and check the number of requests made to them.
- Donation history includes the dates and locations where they have donated blood in the past.
The Blood Factory app prototype is part of my journey to improve my product management skills. The goal is to address a real-world problem by brainstorming and designing a solution that improves the blood donation process in India. This prototype focuses on:
- Making the donation process simple for donors.
- Ensuring blood banks can maintain a steady supply of blood for patients in need.
- Reducing the stress on patients' families by eliminating the need to arrange for blood during critical times.
Through this project, I have focused on enhancing the following product management skills:
- User research: Identifying key pain points for both donors and blood banks.
- Problem-solving: Developing features that directly address the issue of blood shortages and donor-bank connectivity.
- Feature prioritization: Focusing on essential features that add immediate value to the users.
- Prototyping: Creating detailed wireframes to visualize the app’s flow and structure.
- UX Design: Streamlining the user journey for ease of use and clarity.
- Product strategy: Addressing a real-world problem and positioning the app as a solution to blood bank shortages.