Overview
Designing a shared scheduling app for busy families.
HuddleUp is a mobile app concept created to help families manage schedules, tasks, and household coordination. The idea came from a common challenge: families often rely on scattered tools, group texts, memory, and separate calendars to keep everyone aligned.
The product focuses on making collaboration feel simple. Users can create family groups, add events, assign tasks, invite family members, and manage shared household information from one central place.
Problem
Family coordination can become messy when information lives in too many places.
Busy households often have to manage school events, appointments, errands, chores, reminders, and last-minute updates. When these details are spread across different tools, it becomes easier for tasks to be missed or for one person to carry most of the mental load.
HuddleUp explores how a scheduling app could make shared planning feel more organized without becoming overwhelming. The challenge was to design something flexible enough for families but simple enough to use on a daily basis.
My Role
End-to-end product design from research through high-fidelity prototype.
I worked on HuddleUp as a UX/UI design project. My role included user research, competitive thinking, information architecture, wireframing, prototyping, visual design, usability testing, and research synthesis.
I created the core mobile flows and used testing feedback to refine the experience. The main focus was making event creation, task creation, family invitations, and profile management feel clear and intuitive.
Research
Research helped identify which flows felt clear and where users needed more guidance.
I tested both low-fidelity and high-fidelity versions of the product. The low-fidelity test included five users completing core tasks such as scheduling an event, creating a task, inviting a family member, and editing household information.
The high-fidelity usability study included six anonymous survey respondents. Participants were asked to complete key flows and share feedback on ease of use, clarity, and whether the app felt useful for family coordination.
Design Process
The design focused on simple flows for shared calendars, tasks, and family groups.
I started by mapping the main actions a family member would need to complete: creating an account, joining or creating a family group, adding events, assigning tasks, and managing contact or household details.
From there, I moved into wireframes and then high-fidelity mobile screens. The visual direction focused on a friendly interface with clear cards, familiar navigation patterns, and approachable language.
Final Solution
A mobile experience built around shared planning and household visibility.
The final prototype includes core flows for account setup, family group creation, event scheduling, task creation, family invitations, and profile updates. The design gives users a central place to understand what is happening and what needs to get done.
Key screens include a family dashboard, shared calendar views, task lists, family member management, and document or contact areas. These features were designed to support everyday coordination while keeping the interface light and easy to scan.
Results
Testing showed that users understood the purpose of the app and could complete core flows.
The usability studies showed that participants were generally able to move through the main tasks. Feedback also helped identify opportunities to improve labels, reduce repeated-feeling questions, and make certain flows feel more direct.
The research also revealed a few limitations. The high-fidelity study was anonymous, which made follow-up questions difficult. The sample size was also small, so future testing would need a broader range of users and more realistic family scheduling scenarios.
Reflection
This project helped me think more critically about research quality and product clarity.
HuddleUp helped me practice moving from an idea to a tested mobile prototype. It also showed me how important it is to write strong research questions, avoid repeated prompts, and create testing methods that allow for meaningful follow-up.
If I continued this project, I would refine the onboarding flow, expand the family dashboard, add stronger empty states, and test the app with parents or caregivers managing real household schedules. I would also continue improving the visual system so the app feels more polished and scalable.