After completing the sprint planning for December 1.0 and assigning the work, we were notified of another production delay. Engineers on my team were reassigned to handle other emergencies, and I had to support my design teammate with various deliverables. With only four weeks left to launch the end-of-year directory, just as the holidays approached, December 1.0 quickly turned into December .5, requiring another streamlining round.
The new Directory Landing Page of December .5 was further simplified to a single filter—the zip code filter. The search query and activity type pills were planned as fast follows. The search result cards were edited down to display only the essential information—the group name, summary, and a link to the detail page. All images were removed and planned for a separate epic for a future iteration.
December 1.0 on left, December .5 on right
December 1.0 on top, December .5 above
The Group Detail Page remained relatively unchanged from the previous version. The logos, which had become part of the image epic, were also removed.
December 1.0 on left, December .5 on right
December 1.0 on top, December .5 above
Finally, the 'My Groups' section on the Dashboard was updated to include cards that called out the added groups. We decided to match the design of the search result cards for ease of implementation. Features for managing added groups, such as joining or removing, were planned as a fast follow-up.
December 1.0 on left, December .5 on right
December 1.0 on top, December .5 above
The Directory was finally released as “December .5” in December 2024: