Ryan Building Materials’ Invitation SiteStephen Anders & Carrigan McCatty

Company Consultation

Ryan Building Materials

• Drywall and building material supplier with several locations in Metro Detroit• Has expressed a need for a more

modern approach to business concerning the internet• Just recently opened a new store on the

east side

Consultation with Company

• Original plan was to overhaul the current site•Webmaster found out, and decided to

fix the site• New idea was proposed, an invitation

site•Met March 16th, at 5 pm

Invitational Site Proposal

• Idea was to create a site that would serve as an invitation for east side store opening

• Was suggested that it include a Google map plugin

• Should be set up like a regular invitation, and feature the Ryan site color scheme

Team Consultation

• Goals of the meeting:• Configure a rough meeting schedule • Divvy up general responsibilities• Figure out how we wanted to pursue this project in the

creative sense• Met March 17th at 5 pm

Balsamiq Mockups

• A simplistic format, following the old Ryan color scheme was our design philosophy

• Had to be user friendly

• Had to look like an invitation

• Had to have a picture of a truck

• Had to link back to homepage

Company Consultation

• Agreed that the balsamiq mock up was what they were looking for

• Suggested the picture be a truck• A clear navigational bar was added as an idea to put on

the site• Overall, went very well• Met March 25th at 4 pm

Site, Draft One

• First rendering of site• Was created for the

usability tests• Stayed pretty true to

the balsamiq mock ups

USABILITY TESTSResults of surveymonkey.com surveys

Surveys

• The surveys were administered on surveymonkey.com• Participants were invited over facebook, or email• 4 multiple choice questions, with an added comment

section• 14 responses total• Went live on April 6th, at 2:15 p.m.

General Information

A company page21%

a store opening79%

What would you ascertain the page was about?

Relevant Invitation Information

Yes79%

Yes, but I'd prob-ably do a little bit more research to

get some more in-formation.

21%

If you wanted to attend the event, could you find the information necessary on the site to attend?

Event Information

Very detailed7%

Detailed71%

Lacking necessary in-

formation21%

How detailed was the information on the event?

General Comments

• “it was a little to formal it didn’t look like an invitation”• “more color and more detailed info”• “more information”• “clarity”• Pictures that were more relevant• Phone number• Centering of the info

Usability Presentation

• Presented our usability evaluation to class

• Discussed results from survey testing

• Received valuable advice

Final revisions

• Survey suggestions were integrated into the design• More invitation oriented look• Shifted the background to a lighter template, to

differentiate it from the web site• More relevant information was included• Cleaner look

Revisions with Comments

Final Consultation

• Presented final site to head of company

• Very satisfied• Thought the .gif was

innovative• Added yes or no rsvp option

for rough head count• Webmaster for Ryan plans on

integrating site within the next month

• Met on April 22nd, at 5 pm

Contributions

• Stephen constructed the HTML and CSS for the site, helped to send out surveys, and compiled screenshots and other info for the final presentation.

• Carrigan consulted and coordinated with the Ryan, created and helped distribute the surveys, created the usability evaluation, and created the final presentations.

The End.