Inside Creating Impactful Solutions for a Complex Brachytherapy Software System

After dedicating ourselves to comprehensive user research and having the privilege of conducting interviews with radiation therapists who have direct experience with the BRAVOS afterloader system, we engaged in numerous iterative rounds of redesigning and ideating. We utilized affinity mapping following the user interview sessions to inform our design decisions and employed the Crazy 8s technique, voting on elements that aligned with user feedback to ensure we empathized with our target users and addressed Varian's problem statement. We presented our mid-fidelity screens during a Varian design review with highly skilled Varian Usability Engineers and Clinical Experts from other Varian projects, such as TruBeam and Intelliblate an Interventional Oncology Microwave Ablation, an influencer from whom I derived significant inspiration. As our capstone partners mentioned, “innovation is in our DNA,” and we were honored to learn from the best who tackle complex medical software solutions every day. We also tested our initial redesigned screens using MAZE for usability prototype testing. Following this process, we returned to the drawing board and implemented the Varian SHUI design system for our final prototype. With the integration of the Varian Design System and comprehensive user feedback, Including a final round of feedback on our redesigned screens with the SHUI style guide, we were fortunate to involve RTT participants, our niche target users with experience in the newest version of the Bravos system, to ensure our design aligned with their needs and Varian products.

My Dedication

• Conducted market research, competitive analysis, completed a literature review alongside my talented team, and heuristic evaluation of scope screens.

• Conducted and moderated user interview sessions, usability testing, gathered and analyzed user feedback.

• Visual Design: Created visual assets, including photo editing, vector illustrations, and modifications of SVGs for our redesign and presentation slides.

• Complete redesign of patient search and selection.

For our final presentation, I initially added a QR code for our audience to access our deliverables but also proposed sharing a video to showcase our clickable prototype with our capstone partners, as our client would not be able to interact with the Figma prototype due to the sensitive nature of link sharing. Additionally, I uploaded the Figma export, demo video, and final presentation slides as a PowerPoint file, adjusting any misaligned elements inside their SharePoint. This allowed our client to access all deliverables in pristine condition.