The first step in setting goals was to research the market for similar products from competitors and check what functionalities they are offering. Actually there were few similar products on the market, such as Basecamp, Guru etc. However, they are expensive and have a lot of restrictions that did not suit us. We though what could be improved and done even better...?
We have started with personas corresponding to various positions in the virtual company and we have defined a list of tasks that they could potentially want to accomplish. The tool had to combine many functions such as To-Do lists, calendar, messenger, file repository, documents and chat functions as well as communication wall where all the involved people could easily see what's happening on the project.
I decided to use colors to sort users according to their function in the team, which will helps in quick identification. I also decided to place key tasks for the view on the fixed the left, contrast panel of the application.
