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Design a calendar for a meetings app.

Problem statement:

The user has to manage multiple meetings, create meetings, check if there is any available slot in their schedule and see the meetings lined up daily, weekly, and monthly.

Assessment

We would like your assignment to reflect design thinking, problem-solving ability, ability to identify probable use-cases and understanding of usability.

Deliverables may include

Discover

To begin my study, I looked for other apps in this domain. This included Google Calendar, Outlook, Teams, Webex, and other secondary competitors such as Calendaly, Any.do, and Vimcal, etc. Surprisingly, many of the desirable features were present in one but absent in the other.

Here's a rundown of all the app's strengths and weaknesses that I looked into.

Name Strengths Weaknesses
Google Calendar(Primary) 1- The ability to create multiple calendars
2- A variety of views, such as daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and four days, are available, each with their own shortcuts for easy navigation.
3- Drag between two slots to schedule a meeting. 1- A little clogged due to a plethora of features that can be overwhelming for some users
2- There is no easy way to share our calendar with people
3- There is no way to communicate with other attendees without using the gmail application.
Microsoft Teams(Primary) 1- A very basic user interface with a limited feature set
2- Adding a new meeting is very straightforward, with only a few options. 1- The feature set is limited, but some features are missing.
2- After scheduling the meeting, the app go to Google Calendar to complete the process, which takes time. There is no option for sending out direct mail or adding attendees to the meeting direct from the app (Not available in free plan)
Cisco Webex(Primary) 1- Clean list view to navigate through all of the meetings.
2- Attendees can be added directly from the app. 1- There is no monthly calendar view available.
2- To schedule a meeting, there is no need to drag between slots.
3- The collapsible menu does not appear to offer anything unique.
Calendaly(Secondary) 1- One off Meeting - Can send invite link to someone to pick a time for meet
2- The ability to view past and pending meetings, as well as the ability to export all meeting dates