Mental Health Platform for IvySky
ABOUT THE CLIENT
A non-profit organisation dedicated to the development of resources for mental health, IvySky’s goal is to bring down suicide rates by conducting extensive social campaigns and orgnanising comprehensive aid for the mental health epidemic. While mental health in itself is a mostly an unexplored field, what sets IvySky apart from other players in the field is the fact that it is an organisation founded by teenagers, who have had personal experience with experiencing mental health issues, offering their services exclusively to other teenagers. Their contributions to the field include a merchandise line, an ambassador program, social campaigns to destigmatize mental health and an innovative application.
The Problem
The Head of Operations for IvySky, Ryan Venturi explained to us that the primary goal of their company is to get teens the help they need and they observed that even though there are innumerable applications for mental health, there aren't many that cater to teenagers specifically. This has led them to build a technological resource and platform that encourages teens to talk about their feelings with the intent of getting them to be more open and forthcoming about the whole situation.Their requirement from us was simple as they wanted us to implement designs and a few additional features to enhance the user experience and functionalities of the IvySky application. After considering the nature of the project which was mostly design-based, we decided on a time and material model to engage with the client for the duration of the project which was spread over a period of one month.
OVERCOMING CHALLENGES
While any venture has chances of coming up against challenges, the primary hurdle that we faced was working with the stringent deadlines due to the time sensitive nature of the project. Our developers worked tirelessly while continually interacting with the client to perfect the application in the best way possible. Our partners have lauded us on our ability to meet deadlines through the perseverance and professionalism displayed by the team on-call.
TEAM ON CALL
As a Time & Material engagement, the project can be assumed to have ever-changing requirements on a FC-FS basis. based on which a small team of highly skilled devs was the best fit, subject to expansion. For this project, a Flutter developer was deployed with a Team Lead overseeing the processes and one Client Experience Executive to ensure smooth operations and timely communications with the client.
Create designs for the application while factoring in that the app is a platform for people with mental health issues.
Implement additional features based on the demands of the client.
Improve the user experience of the application and give it a facelift.
OUR APPROACH
Strategy
In this unique assignment, we collaborated with an organisation that seeks to dramatically alter the way that mental health is looked at for teenagers. We partnered with the client over a period of shortly over a month over time and material model to their vision to life.
Analysis Planning
The project which was purely design based required us to implement designs which were not appropriate for the nature of the application and the esthetics required while keeping in mind that the user base is a teenage demographic that is afflicted with mental issues.
Development
Throughout the course of the project, not only did the in-house team revamp the look of the application to provide a soothing feel but also implemented features such as a sections for tips and tools, detailed videos providing help for those with mental issues, trackers to record stress, physical activity, sleep and work levels etc.
Delivery
The end of the project marked the creation of an application which is all set to hit the stores soon for the niche vertical of mental health with clients being impressed at the outcome.
FINAL IMPRESSION
The client was delighted with the dedication exhibited by the team towards the task on hand and was also impressed by their ability to meet the expectations of the client in a timely manner through their collaborative efforts. The team was especially commended for their ability to keep in sync through regular standups where they consulted the client for their feedback on the progress. The partner also commended us on the workflow of the project as well as technical expertise displayed by the team which resulted in a great application for the niche vertical of mental health.
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