Reducing Response Time: Dashboard Redesign for Customer Service Efficiency

Minimizing Agent Chat Time: Dashboard Redesign for Faster Inquiry Resolution

Reducing Response Time: Dashboard Redesign for Customer
Service Efficiency

I built this dashboard for a healthcare insurance client's chat platform that enabled real-time communication across 34 companies to resolve claim processing inquiries.

Timeline

6 Months (2024)

Role

Product Designer

Design team of one

Core Team

1x Product Manager

2x Product Owners

1x Tech Lead + QA Lead

1x Business Analyst

3x Developers

Key Contributions

Requirement Gathering

Design Planning

Research & Early Concepts

Client Presentation (Feedback Loop)

High Fidelity & Prototyping

Developer Handoff & UX Audits

Impact

Increased agent productivity by integrating Amazon Connect into the existing platform.

Reduced inquiry response time by introducing Canned Responses.

Illustration of dashboard components designed for the Contact Center Agent

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Key Challenge

Key Challenge

Key Challenge

Key Challenge

Key Challenge

🧗‍♀️ Bridging Gaps and Driving Clarity as the Sole Designer

Joining the project as the only UX Designer in the team led by business stakeholders and technical leads, I faced the challenge of working without an established UX mindset or processes.

To bridge this gap, I actively engaged with stakeholders to better understand the problem space. I experimented with different working methods, such as presenting a design artifact during every client call to make it easier for the team to follow and align. I created quick wireframes live on Miro to align expectations and gather insights, ensuring early feedback informed the design direction.

Key Learning

Key Learning

Key Learning

Key Learning

Key Learning

🌱 Designing with Limited Control

I designed the dashboard with a fixed Amazon Connect component that couldn’t be modified. This limitation required me to creatively adapt my design, optimizing surrounding elements to align with the widget while maintaining a seamless, user-friendly experience.

By collaborating with technical teams, I explored how this fixed component can be customized to the brand guidelines. I made layout options that complemented the Amazon Connect component without sacrificing usability or visual coherence.

User Pain Point & Business Problem

Agents struggled with chat-only limitations and business faced efficiency losses

The existing Agent Contact Control Panel (CCP) operated through an independent browser session, outside the company’s portal experience.
This setup introduced several limitations on how agents could effectively use the CCP.

Additionally, the inconsistent look and feel led to confusion, reduced efficiency, impacting overall agent productivity.

How the current experience takes agents to a new tab

Agent workspace looked outdated, lacking tools to help agents respond fast.

Based on user feedback, the business identified key user needs

High impact user features identified were pre-written responses and notetaking.

How I zoom out and in during discovery with questions

Being new to the domain, I broke down everything into digestable chunks on Miro to make sense of it and plan my next steps.

Key User Insight

I discovered that agents use response handbooks to ensure compliance when handling queries

I started gathering data to dive deeper into existing user workflows and mapping the key actors involved in customer support.

After multiple interactions with product owners (who were directly talking to the users), I learned that agents aren’t just responding instinctively—they follow detailed handbooks defined by Plan Admins. These guides help ensure that each response aligns with Plan-specific rules and protocols, especially when handling complex or sensitive claim-related queries.

Design Concepts

Design Concepts

Design Concepts

Design Concepts

Design Concepts

How might we equip contact center agents with pre-written responses to accelerate inquiry resolution while maintaining quality?

Concept 1: Intelligent Assist to Respond Fast

Out of the many explorations, an example on how I quickly prototyped concepts

Concept 2: Personalization of Response Library

This was a debatable concept which led to interesting discussions

Key Design Decision

After gathering feedback, we decided Canned Response editing should remain an admin-only function to maintain quality control

User research showed that agent editing led to inconsistencies, while business needs required compliance and a single source of truth.

Additionally, keeping the function admin-only aligned with mental models of users who expected a curated and trusted library, and ensured adherence to accessibility standards by reducing variability in content structure.

While I can't share full details, here are key insights that shaped the final solution

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