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Planwise, concept aims to help working professionals plan, organise, and utilise their free time effectively for learning and personal growth.

Problem Indentified

Working professionals want to advance in their career, look for better roles and high paying jobs. Learning, skilling up and building projects are crucial to achieve them.

But, due to the demands of busy work life schedule it is hard to focus on them.
Weekdays are mostly unusable for learning as professionals have to travel to office and spend time in work. Their focus then shifts to weekends which lengthens the learning process.
They keep on waiting for weekends which extends their timeline from weeks to months to a year and before they know it, a lot of time has passed and they are behind schedule.
This is a problem which i have faced and observed among my colleagues.

Explanation of the problem

A full time job takes a huge chunk of time from a weekday for a working professional. Out of the 24 hours , 7-8 hours are used up in sleeping , 10 - 11 hours are spent in job and travelling. So the maximum time a professional gets is around 5 - 4 hours of learning and skilling up in a weekday which is again reduced by other activities needing his attention.

Not getting continuous long hours at learning and skilling up also reduces the gains he/she makes in weekends.

Layout study details.

User stories

1) Sachin 👨🏻

Working as a ux designer in an automobile company. Shifted from his home town to a different state for work and is living alone in a rented flat.
He has to go to office every weekday. He wants to change jobs and find one near or in his hometown as that will eliminate rent. He is unhappy with his current job and feels that after working for 1 year in the company it is better to find a new job with better role as that will be better for his career trajectory. he wants to skill up for these better roles.
He only manages to get close to 1.5 hours to learn and study in a weekday which he things is less and he need more time.

2) Prateek 👨🏻

He is an IT professional who works in a management consulting firm. He wants to transition into a new role focused on data science and artificial intelligence. These new roles are higher paying and have a future growth potential.
He has to travel everyday in metro to his office which is far. This travel takes close to 1 hour and reduces the time for learning.

Layout study details.

Insights (activities occupying their time after reaching home from office)

Many professionals are staying alone in a flat or as paying guest where they have more responsibilities and work.

Cooking food.
Washing cloths.
Washing dishes.
House cleaning.
Attending gym/ going out to play.
Taking a bath.
Talking to friends and family.
Buying groceries.
Going out to eat and hang out.
Reading due to a habit.
Entertainment (watching movies and tv shows).
Social media (youtube videos and Instagram).
Binge watching content.
Resting (tiredness).
Reaching late due to travelling distance.
Habits are formed and it is difficult to adjust.

Apart from these activities the professionals have to deal with -

Procrastination.
Constant distractions.
Addictions.
Physical obstacles like getting hurt etc.
Mental obstacles.

Strategies (to skilling up amid dealing with time consuming activities)

Prioritising what to do.

Having a North star goal.
Making smaller goals which add up to in creating the main goal.
Utilising time efficiently and making time for all activities and programs.
Dealing with distraction media addiction and procrastination.
Bringing the energy to learn and gain knowledge.
Maintaining learning focus for a long time.
Dealing with physical obstacles.
Dealing with mental obstacles.
Making and following deadlines.

App feature ideas from the above strategies (that can be included in the app)

Priority list feature.
Planner and Goal setting feature.
Creating main goals and sub goals.
Goal tracking feature.
Day, week and month planning for the goal.
To do list feature.
Motivational quotes feature.
reminder feature for goals.
Pomodoro feature do deal with distractions and procrastinations.
App screen time feature for distraction monitoring.
Habits feature .
Mindfulness feature.

Competitive Analysis (productivity apps in App Store)

Tick Tick 📱
Feature list
- To do list
- Calendar view
- Habit
- Eisenhower Matrix (urgent important, not urgent important, urgent unimportant, not urgent unimportant)
- Timer
To Do List 📱
Feature list
- To do list (with calendar view and day-wise check of the to do’s. Search and browse for to do’s)
- Notion Calendar 📱
Feature list
- Day planner/scheduler (hourly planning of the day , email sync)
To Do (Microsoft) 📱
Feature list
- Daily task / to do(marking important)
- planned(adding tasks for any date in the future, adding notes and attaching files to the task)
- View all past completed tasks.

Observations

The first time user experience is poor in these apps and there is a slight learning curve.

Lacking goal setting and planning features. (Ability to create goals and sub-goals over a period of months.)
Lack of goal tracking feature.

Features included in the Application

Goal setting and tracking (This feature is essential for planning our long-term learning goals. For working professionals, it takes a considerable amount of time to learn something new that will help them transition into a new job role. This could involve a professional moving from an IT job to a role in data science or AI/ML. Tracking feature will help the professional to stay alert and follow his plan).
Pomodoro (This feature helps to maintain focus for short bursts of time. Hence, it will help to fight distractions and procrastinations).
To-do lists (This feature is required for day planning. Assigning daily tasks helps to track and complete them).
Notes (Learning is accompanied by keeping notes. It is also needed to jot down quick ideas which pop in out heads).

App user-flows and hi- fidelity mockup iterations

Screen size study detailes.

Homescreen

Homescreen dashboard view. Homescreen dashboard will start filling up with the most recent request added under each feature. This will help the user to keep tabs of all the activities simultaneously

Goal Setting User - Flow