City of Boston: Green New Deal Dashboard
Boston’s Mayor Michelle Wu ran on a platform of implementing a local Green New Deal (GND) - applying environmental justice policy at the city level. As the policies roll out, the city wants to publish the metrics and data they are tracking for accountability. Myself and other fellows in the Department of Innovation and Technology were tasked with conducting user research and redesigning the dashboard as it moved from beta stage into version 2.
City of Boston
as part of the Coding It Forward 2023 Fellowship
Summer 2023
The final presentation of our new design for the GND dashboard was published through the Coding it Forward GitHub. The presentation was shared with stakeholders across City Hall at the end of the summer:
Methods included:
project planning and scoping
creating research questions and matching them to applied methods
literature and contextual research
user needfinding interviews with boundary objects
online usability interviews
accessibility reviews (by other teammates)
qualitative and quantitative data synthesis
ideation workshop: planning and facilitation
wireframing
digital prototyping and user testing
Delivered at end of project:
key research insights and design imperatives
wireframes
final dashboard design and prototype
suggested next steps for phased improvements
final presentation on research and final design for stakeholders
