Intelligent Agriculture
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A smart AI-powered platform that allows you to optimize crops and reduce waste through monitoring various variables like plant and soil nutrients, temperature and humidity, etc.
Role:
Team Lead & Product Designer
Responsibilities:
User Research, UX Design, UI Design, Storytelling
Date:
February 2020
Team:
AI Architect, UX Researcher
Project Context:
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LET'S GET UP TO SPEED
‍This was an iteration made to a patented demo we had in the showroom. The demo used drones and ML to identify key factors in crops.
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I was asked to lead the project and update the prototype with more recent technology and refresh the experience.
Users:

LESS WASTE, MORE PROFIT
‍‍‍‍Intelligent Agriculture is meant to be used by farmers who are looking to optimize crops and reduce waste.
Process:

HAVING PROPER TOOLS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
I started off by looking for a team and enlisted the help of an AI Architect to talk about viability and feasibility and a UX Researcher so I could have another point of view during the discovery phase. 

I interviewed two experts in plant care and soil nutrition. They enlightened me on common pain points farmers live with while working crops.

Some of the key findings were:
There is a lack of knowledge around irrigation systems and air humidity
Plant lab samples to ID nutrient deficiency are expensive and take time
Soil variables aren’t usually taken into account when looking to balance nutrients
When something is wrong, it's usually solved through trial-and-error
With this information, the team and I mapped out an experience diagram. From that we pulled requirements and features for the new and updated version of the prototype.

Then we looked into IoT sensors that would allow us to get the readings of the variables we wanted to measure.
Water & Soil PH Levels
Air & Soil Humidity
Plant & Ambient Temp.
Air & Plant CO2 Levels
Soil Macro Nutrients
Soil Micro Nutrients
With requirements and a feasible plan in place, I gathered the team to create our storyboard for this updated version.
This way I could know what screens needed to be designed to go with our story and user flow.
Then I started working on sketches and wireframes.
After reviewing them with the rest of the Innovation team I made some tweaks and designed the UI.
WHAT HAPPENED & WHAT I LEARNED
Because of the pandemic, the project was put on hold since Accenture isn’t receiving client visits for the time being. However, the pieces are all there, we just have to put it together.

This project’s discovery phase was especially fun. I learned how to make compost. I expanded my knowledge of IoT devices. I learned that overwatering my plants is probably what killed them :(

Intelligent Agriculture challenged me in new ways and put my skills to the test. Even though the prototype is not yet complete, the high-level updates and screens are still used as part of Accenture’s Innovation portfolio.
To comply with my non-disclosure agreement, I have omitted and blurred confidential information. All of this experiment's material is copyrighted and property of Accenture.
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