[ Unlocking the Power of User Insights: Optimizing Timing for Designing Future Banking Services at OP ]

Role
M.A. Student Service and Strategic Designer at Aalto University

Outcome
A physical map to guide OP Bank’s in-house service designers in selecting optimal methods for service design challenges, chosen for ongoing refinement through internal testing and feedback.

Finland's largest bank cooperative, Osuuspankkien Oy (OP), is on a mission to evolve into a diversified service company, and its Design & Customer Experience Department is driving this transformation. The When Wheel project is a tool that visualizes the optimal timing for applying user insights during OP's design process. Categorizing the design process into three phases with unique sub-phases, the When Wheel identifies ideal time periods for understanding, clarifying, and verifying user information. It also suggests the best methods for acquiring different types of user insights, such as cultural, motivational, behavioural, capabilities, needs, and wants, based on the nature and constraints of the project. Scalable and adaptable, the When Wheel can be built upon with specific methods for user information gathering, and digitization is a future possibility. This project has been presented at OP Headquarters and is currently being tested and developed internally in Helsinki and Oulu branches.

Osuuspankkien Oy (OP) / Client
Juha Forsblom / OP Business Design Lead + Project Coordinator
Aalto University / University Sponsor
Sampsa Hyysalo / Professor + Course Leader
Chengxin Hao / Service and strategic Designer + M.A. Student
Ellinoora Laaksonen / Service and strategic Designer + M.A. Student
Phuong Anh Tran / Service and strategic Designer + M.A. Student

Collaborations / Role

Location

Helsinki, Finland

Year

2018

Photo Credits

Phuong Anh Tran
Tito F. Williams II

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