A faster platform for a national sports program

Desporto Escolar

About this project

Desporto Escolar reached out to Imaginary Cloud to create an engaging user flow and a visual language that matched its users, bringing the desktop look and feel to more modern standards. We delivered it through our product design process.

Result: With the new platform, users can now more easily check game regulations, competitions, and results.

our INVOLVEMENT

Concept

Strategy

Design

technologies

Figma

Desporto Escolar has been promoting physical and healthy lifestyles since 1996

Desporto Escolar is a sports program for school-aged children in Portugal that aims to promote physical activity and healthy habits among students, as well as to encourage socialization and teamwork. It offers a variety of sports activities and competitions, ranging from traditional sports like football, basketball, and volleyball, to other activities like dance, gymnastics, and martial arts.

The program is organized at different levels, from local and regional competitions to national events, and is run by a partnership between the Portuguese Ministry of Education and the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth. Desporto Escolar also provides opportunities for students to participate in international competitions, representing Portugal in various sports.

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A faster platform for a national sports program
Imaginary Cloud’s role and involvement with Desporto Escolar

Desporto Escolar partnered with Imaginary Cloud to improve the platform’s user engagement and adapt the visual language to match the users.
Imaginary Cloud’s role was to bring the look & feel of the platform to modern standards through a comprehensive design.

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during the project

It was crucial that our team was able to align the user goals with a fresher brand look & feel; for this, we implemented our proprietary Product Design Process to ensure a truly user-centered experience that worked seamlessly. It consisted of 4 stages.

two stages

Migration
Development

four stages

Research
Ideation
Execution
Technical Assessment

four stages

Requirements
Back-end integration
Website development
Advanced filtering and search

four stages

Research
Ideation
Execution
Technical Assessment

four stages

Backlog
Bootstrap
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four stages

Research
Ideation
Execution
Launch & Handover

two processes

MVP
‍ADP

Four stages

Scope meeting
Code review
Test review
Quality review
Assessment

Four stages

Backlog
Bootstrap
Wave 0
Wave N

during the project

It was crucial that our team was able to align the user goals with a fresher brand look & feel; for this, we implemented our proprietary Product Design Process to ensure a truly user-centered experience that worked seamlessly. It consisted of 4 stages.

TECHNOLOGIES used

Figma
Figma

To create the visual elements and interactions for the user interface.

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working model and team

We followed the Managed Project working model, which included our product-oriented UX/UI Designers and a Project Manager. This way, we were able to provide Desporto Escolar with a development team fit to their needs, able to work independently, and fully integrated with their own team and processes.

UX/UI Designers: Responsible for the design, architecture and implementation of all the experiences a user has when interacting with the platform.

Project Manager: Drawing on experience in industries galore, our Project Manager defined project requirements and outlined the scope of the app.

key results

This project delivered an in-depth understanding of the customer persona and their interaction with the service.

10x

Faster and easier to navigate, enabling users to find information quickly.

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5.0

5/5 stars rating
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Quoting
Both parties worked well together leading to the overall success of the project. The company appreciated how cordial the Imaginary Cloud team was even when they requested changes midway through development.
Pedro Araújo | Coordinator, General Directorate of Education
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