Success Study:

PG&E

Product Design Lead

PG&E
May 1, 2018
October 30, 2018

Problem Statement

Pacific Gas & Electric's internal contractor tools lacked ability to quickly and efficiently allocate water, electricity and gas services, creating misinterpretation of specifications, time and cost over-runs.

Goals

  • Inventory existing substandard tools and derive future product specifications
  • Work with senior stakeholders to understand previous problems and future goals
  • Deploy v1.0 of revamped contractor tools

Design Research

  • Survey existing user paths and outdated assets to discover ux and design opportunities
  • Contribute to daily and weekly Agile process meetings and sprint retrospectives
  • Establish common Zeplin collaborative environment to facilitate rapid, accurate communication
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I reviewed current site experience and well documented design system library.

Design Process

  • Survey existing user paths and outdated assets to discover ux and design opportunities
  • Contribute to daily and weekly Agile process meetings and sprint retrospectives
  • Establish common Zeplin collaborative environment to facilitate rapid, accurate communication
During iterative design review process we were able to shorten key user paths and reduce overall project duration.

Successful Outcomes

  • RWD based tool greatly improved accuracy while reducing project durations
  • Deployed an optimized component library in line with brand and engineering best practices
  • Save time and money

KEVIN KEIPER

UX Director + Design System Architect

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SKILLS

Coaching, mentoring, guiding, volunteering, vocalizing, optimizing, critiquing, collaboration, organization.

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley
BA Interdisciplinary Studies
The New School - Parsons
MA Media Studies + Design
(currently completing online 2022)
THINKFUL

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