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ProCon, rebuilt for usability

Taking AVEVA's contract-risk software from a database-on-a-screen to something people could actually use.

I was the first designer hired at 8over8, brought on largely for my technical skill and experience debugging cross-browser issues rather than a portfolio of pretty screens.

AVEVA ProCon contract risk management software

Between 2013 and 2017 I spent most of my time on AVEVA Contract Risk Management Software (formerly ProCon), the sole product of 8over8 before its acquisition by AVEVA. It audited communication between the company commissioning a build and the contractor hired to build it — aimed at mega-capital projects where costs ran into the tens of millions and overruns of 40%+ were common.

Over my time on ProCon, I moved it from a database-on-a-screen interface to something with a more considered approach to usability, working with each product owner to visualise features and get sign-off from product and development before any code was written.

Here's a product demo of the UI I designed, recorded for YouTube.

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