Network Diagnostics Tool
Client: Spirent Technologies
A Desktop Software for use by Networking Technicians
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When large organisations like Google, JP Morgan, etc. set up their internal/global networks, they employ network experts like Cisco to design & set-up the actual network. The devices used in each of these networks like routers, switches, etc. can cost up to one million dollars a unit.
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These devices need to undergo several tests in both, stand-alone situation & in a network environment. The network designed too needs to undergo several tests. The cost to physically set-up the designed network for testing is very high due to the individual unit cost of each device. This creates the need to test a simulated network with the customized design.
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Spirent is one of the two major global companies that manufactures the hardware for testing & the software that is used to create & run these tests. We were asked to redesign the results section of this software.
I made a cartoon to represent my first day in this project:
01. REQUIREMENT GATHERING
02. FEATURE IDEATION
Spirent Test Center - the original software.
The top half of the software is for creating the tests while the bottom half is for viewing results
We created a skeleton of the software with all the key areas defined.
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This skeleton was to be used for ideation with the Spirent team.
The results section can be unpinned & expanded to a larger window.
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With the initial understanding of the requirements, we used these screens to dig deeper with Spirent's team.
Given the technical knowledge required for a project like this, there was a gap in the communication of requirements.
We made these mock screens to help bridge the gap for us.
All the features were dug out through the mock screens.
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This helped us & Spirent in creating a final excel document of all the required features.
