Lennar Enterprise App

Lennar Enterprise App

OneLennar app supports employees with essential daily HR tasks like clocking in, managing pay, requesting time off, and more.

OneLennar app supports employees with essential daily HR tasks like clocking in, managing pay, requesting time off, and more.

Team
PM
Engineering lead
Product designer (me)
My Role
My Role
Led end-to-end design, including visual prototyping, user research, pilot user testing, new mobile native components creation, design to dev hand-off.
Led end-to-end design, including visual prototyping, user research, pilot user testing, new mobile native components creation, design to dev hand-off.
Client
Client
Year
Year
2023
2023
Duration
Duration
5 months
5 months
Device
Device
Mobile
Mobile
Team
PM
Engineering lead
Product designer (me)
Solution
Solution

Visuals from the product — some key screens I designed for the final experience.

Visuals from the product — some key screens I designed for the final experience.

Business Brief
Business Brief

Lennar sought a mobile enterprise application to enable its 10,000+ employees to perform daily HR tasks—aiming to reduce software costs and boost workforce productivity.

Lennar sought a mobile enterprise application to enable its 10,000+ employees to perform daily HR tasks—aiming to reduce software costs and boost workforce productivity.

Lennar, a leading American home-builder, operated across a fragmented ecosystem of 40+ internal tools. There was a lack of mobile friendly option despite 70% employees working on-field.
Lennar, a leading American home-builder, operated across a fragmented ecosystem of 40+ internal tools. There was a lack of mobile friendly option despite 70% employees working on-field.
Re-framed My Design Challenge
Re-framed My Design Challenge

How might we design a delightful experience that simplifies HR tasks for employees?

How might we design a delightful experience that simplifies HR tasks for employees?

How might we design for seamless adoption of a new tool?

How might we design for seamless adoption of a new tool?

Design Decisions - Selected Example
Design Decisions - Selected Example

Improving the experience of mobile timesheets and clock-in feature.

Improving the experience of mobile timesheets and clock-in feature.

I collaborated with PM, HR and employees to understand the pain points with current HR tools and summarize them into actionable insights.

I collaborated with PM, HR and employees to understand the pain points with current HR tools and summarize them into actionable insights.

User Discovery
User Discovery

Key insights for timesheets

Key insights for timesheets

Hourly employees found it frustrating to fill out lengthy, detailed forms each time through the desktop app.

Hourly employees found it frustrating to fill out lengthy, detailed forms each time through the desktop app.

Employees often missed exact clock-in times and preferred to log their hours later when they remembered.

Employees often missed exact clock-in times and preferred to log their hours later when they remembered.

Employees lacked a clear view of their weekly schedule and associated projects.

Employees lacked a clear view of their weekly schedule and associated projects.

Design decisions
Design decisions

Improvements

Improvements

Designed a clock-in widget for the home screen to increase convenience.

Designed a clock-in widget for the home screen to increase convenience.

Proposed an autofill feature based on past activity to simplify and speed up the clock-in process.

Proposed an autofill feature based on past activity to simplify and speed up the clock-in process.

Designed a clear daily view of the timesheet with a simple, intuitive way to make edits.

Designed a clear daily view of the timesheet with a simple, intuitive way to make edits.

Testing the MVP - Selected example
Testing the MVP - Selected example

Employees were confused by the clock-in process due to information overload.

Employees were confused by the clock-in process due to information overload.

Solution
Solution

I addressed this by iterating on the modal design—improving visual hierarchy and adding a clear call-to-action button.

I addressed this by iterating on the modal design—improving visual hierarchy and adding a clear call-to-action button.

How to maximise adoption?
How to maximise adoption?

Designed the app logo and built a scalable identity that reflects Lennar’s culture and encourages employee adoption.

Designed the app logo and built a scalable identity that reflects Lennar’s culture and encourages employee adoption.

Covering all use cases
Covering all use cases

Added an element of surprise and delight for associate's birthday notification.

Added an element of surprise and delight for associate's birthday notification.

Scaling the component library
Scaling the component library

Built new mobile components based on existing desktop design system, facilitating scalability for future mobile apps.

Built new mobile components based on existing desktop design system, facilitating scalability for future mobile apps.

Impact
Impact

The MVP exceeded the adoption goals set by the business. The visual design and logo identity was appreciated by the HR leadership team.

The MVP exceeded the adoption goals set by the business. The visual design and logo identity was appreciated by the HR leadership team.

My Learning
My Learning
I learnt how to plan and lead design on an end-to-end product. I learnt about design to development handoff and deepened my knowledge of mobile native UX patterns.
I learnt how to plan and lead design on an end-to-end product. I learnt about design to development handoff and deepened my knowledge of mobile native UX patterns.
Improvement
Improvement

What would I do differently today…

What would I do differently today…

Test early and often
Test early and often

Adopt a rapid hypothesis and testing approach. This would help me align on user needs faster while keeping pace with business requirements.

Adopt a rapid hypothesis and testing approach. This would help me align on user needs faster while keeping pace with business requirements.

Connect

Open for full-time and contract roles

Connect

Open for full-time and contract roles