INTRODUCTION

Today the power of mobility is incredible. The infusion of smartphones and mobile applications into our everyday lives have completely changed the game as we can now buy cars, clothes and even groceries without having to leave our comfort zone.

Planning a wedding can be downright stressful; regardless of your event size. Achieving your dream wedding consists of vetting countless vendors, worrying about finances and guest counts, tracking your never-ending to-do-lists all while trying (and sometimes failing) to constantly remind yourself of the BIG goal - “Marrying the love of your life!”

Can technology ease you off the tedious planning while you focus on your ultimate goal?

AhavaPlan is a mobile app that synthesises technology and wedding planning to help couples achieve the weddings of their dreams and stay focused on their ultimate goal. The platform will also bridge the connection between event planners and their potential clients(couples) to allow for a smoother partnership and collaboration during the wedding planning process.

Whatever your ultimate goal might be for your big day, be rest assured that AhavaPlan is there to help you achieve it by making the planning process less overwhelming and a lot more enjoyable!

THE PROBLEM

As the world today is going digital, there is a need for a platform where couples can plan their wedding seamlessly without physically meeting with anyone.

Same applies to Event planners as they need a platform to meet clients who are interested in their services and also bring in their own clients from anywhere around the world.

THE SOLUTION

AhavaPlan addresses the users (Couples & Planners) needs for an intuitive platform that will make the wedding planning process effortless, fun and interesting.

There are many interesting features and insights to be displayed in the app. Like the countdown notifications to the big day, a prescribed but editable wedding planning checklist feature, a kanban board to assign and triage your wedding tasks and checklists, in-app chat between the planner and the couple, your note to keep track of your wedding ideas, a financial tool to make budgeting easy and so much more.

AhavaPlan aims to bring these features to your fingertips to assist in the planning of your big day. Our goal is to ensure that we can make the wedding planning process better, faster, cleaner, cheaper, fun and intuitive.

THE DESIGN PROCESS (How AhavaPlan is built)

I followed the Design Council’s Double Diamond model approach to the creative process. The Double Diamond is a simple visual map of the design process. It’s divided into four distinct phases — Discover, Define, Develop, and Deliver.

I followed the IDEO’s Design thinking model as a way for the human-centered design to support our choices during the development of the roadmap. It gave me a foundation to base our design path on the user’s findings.