Wedding & Corporate
Event Planning Platform

We will begin by understanding the complete system, its users, dependencies and the actions that may need to take place across the platform, both within Phase One and in future iterations.

The research phase will establish the core product structure and identify the information, fields, workflows and dependencies required across customers, vendors and the ConnectX administration team.

A key objective will be to ensure that the platform is not approached simply as a marketplace for venues or individual vendors. The proposed experience will instead begin functioning as an event planning platform from Phase One, helping users understand what needs to happen, what has been planned, what has been booked and what remains to be completed.

Based on the research, we will map the primary user journeys and translate the proposed product structure into low-fidelity wireframes.

This stage will define the key screens, data points, fields, navigation and control flows across the customer, vendor and administrative interfaces.

The experience will account for event creation, sub-events, vendor discovery, vendor selection, proposals, negotiations, notifications and event progress. We will also define how users can visualise the overall state of their event and understand the completion of key planning activities.

The wireframes will also help establish how the platform can evolve beyond the initial implementation without requiring the underlying product structure to be rebuilt.

Once the product structure and wireframes have been established, we will develop the visual language and interface design for the platform.

This will include typography, layout, interface components, graphics, visual hierarchy and interaction patterns. Particular attention will be given to making a data-heavy application understandable and accessible, with information presented in a way that allows users to quickly understand what is happening within their event.

The primary usage environment is expected to be desktop, while the interface will also be designed responsively for mobile devices. Mobile layouts will focus on condensing event information and navigation without compromising usability.

The designs will be presented to the Client for review and feedback. Once the design direction is sufficiently defined, the relevant screens will be frozen for development.

Development will begin progressively alongside the product definition and design process rather than only after the visual design stage is complete.

Because the proposed platform is backend and workflow heavy, the underlying systems, dashboards, vendor structures, proposal mechanisms, communications and supporting workflows will begin taking shape from the early stages of the project.

Once the interface design is established, front-end development will proceed alongside the backend implementation.

Development will focus on responsive behaviour, data-heavy interfaces, interaction patterns and the practical usability of the platform across its different user types.

The completed platform will be tested across its core workflows and relevant devices before launch. A staging environment will be used for review and User Acceptance Testing.

Following completion of testing and agreed fixes, the platform will be prepared for production deployment and launch.