{"id":49332,"date":"2016-07-21T16:06:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T16:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruifontes.com\/en\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=49332"},"modified":"2016-07-28T15:23:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T15:23:58","slug":"scientific-toolbox-consulting","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ruifontes.com\/en\/portfolio\/scientific-toolbox-consulting\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific ToolBox Consulting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;3&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;49177&#8243; media_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;40&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;bottom-t-top&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_size=&#8221;h3&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-357766&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-377884&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;100&#8243; text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;400&#8243;]Scientific ToolBox Consulting[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_separator sep_color=&#8221;color-gyho&#8221; icon=&#8221;fa fa-document&#8221; icon_position=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;600&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-377884&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;100&#8243; text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_speed=&#8221;600&#8243; animation_delay=&#8221;800&#8243;]Summary[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_speed=&#8221;600&#8243; animation_delay=&#8221;800&#8243;]After working as a freelance agent for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientifictoolbox.com\/en\">Scientific ToolBox Consulting<\/a>, I was invited for a partnership and became actively engaged in this project. My main role was to develop a spirit of design thinking in the creation of Scientific ToolBox\u2019s digital products.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-377884&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;100&#8243; text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_speed=&#8221;600&#8243; animation_delay=&#8221;800&#8243;]Problem to solve[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_speed=&#8221;600&#8243; animation_delay=&#8221;800&#8243;]When we analised the market of clinical trials, we can conclude that many companies contract services that include the use of dedicated software. The solutions found in the market could be improved, and didn&#8217;t address to all the market niches.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-377884&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;100&#8243; text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_speed=&#8221;600&#8243; animation_delay=&#8221;800&#8243;]Solution[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_speed=&#8221;600&#8243; animation_delay=&#8221;800&#8243;]Develop a solution that could solve the problems identified in the market that the company wanted to address, based in the functional knowledge that the team members had in different areas (service area, software development area, and user experience area).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_separator sep_color=&#8221;color-gyho&#8221; icon=&#8221;fa fa-document&#8221; 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title=&#8221;Want to read the whole story?&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1468505889-2-95&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;2&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-377884&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;100&#8243; text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221;]Overview[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I started to work in this (startup) company to make digital services. Sometimes clients need to contract some type of services that require design expertise (as develop communication supports, develop websites for some study\u2026). At the same time I was the responsible to create all the branding to our company, as well as our website (in wordpress). The most importante work that I had was to study the area of clinical trials, to gain knowledge that could be usefull to the software that Scientific ToolBox wanted to build.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-377884&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;100&#8243; text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221;]Company card[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_single_image media=&#8221;49112&#8243; media_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;50&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; shape=&#8221;img-round&#8221;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-377884&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;100&#8243; text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221;]Training brochure[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_single_image media=&#8221;49113&#8243; media_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;50&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; shape=&#8221;img-round&#8221;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-377884&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;100&#8243; text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221;]Company website[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_single_image media=&#8221;49114&#8243; media_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;50&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; shape=&#8221;img-round&#8221;][vc_separator sep_color=&#8221;color-uydo&#8221;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-377884&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;100&#8243; text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221;]Software development[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]When we analyzed the clinical trial market, we have identified some gaps, and some entry points that indicated that there was a possibility to develop software suitable to this market.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest problems that we found in other softwares that are used in clinical trials were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bb Usability\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00bb Difficult to use<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00bb Software isn&#8217;t intuitive<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00bb Poor performance in the daily tasks<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00bb Long learning curve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00bb Funcionality\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00bb Lack of some features that we considered important<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00bb The majority of our clients had some other needs that the softwares didn&#8217;t address<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00bb Cost\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 \u00bb The cost of good softwares is prohibitive to most of our clients<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As I had access to clients that worked with our company and to my colleagues, that were alocated to the service area, I had access to information (I could understand the terminology used, the different problems that they had in daily tasks, pain points, stakeholders&#8230;). However, due to regulamentation and norms, there was a lot of information that I couldn&#8217;t access. I couldn&#8217;t see, or use, or ask questions about proprietary software used by our company, and couldn&#8217;t have access to the information of several clinical trials.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately there exists software open source that is used in this market and that I instaled in my computer. That way, I could study the funcionalities, some interactions, tasks, organization of menus, workflows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Before I start thinking in analize softwares, I started to do some research (literature, and internet), in order to understand the surrounding context from this area. As I had access to clients and colleagues from work, I could develop some workshops and other research activities (as interviews, direct observation&#8230;) to understand what were their motivations, their pain points, as well as tasks that they do in a daily basis. 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