WIFCON community,
My team is in the second phase of a product specifically built for 1102s (Contract Specialists and Contract Officers), to help them efficiently identify rules/regulations/etc. that address questions that come up during their work, including:
procurement of supplies, services, construction, or research & development
evaluation of contract price proposals, and
the administration or termination and close out of contracts.
While designing this tool, we've found it challenging to find & run our prototypes by folks whose job it is to reference the FAR and its supplements, or other rules/regulations which might apply. This has led to some guesswork on our end. We want to minimize that guesswork, so our tool would actually meet the needs of 1102s (starting with our current customer).
Some examples of invaluable insights I'm looking for (from Contract Specialists and Officers) include:
what tools they use right now, and how effective they are (if at all)
challenges posed by current duties that a tool like this could address
how they'd use this tool — what queries would they make
give feedback on prototypes
If you are interested in helping, please reply below, or reach out to me directly. Otherwise, I’ll be posting some polls in the coming days & weeks. We’d appreciate any insights you can provide.
Thanks a million!
Dave Marsee
Senior UX Designer
ARiA (Applied Research in Acoustics)
Dave -dot- Marsee -at- ariacoustics -dot- com