Day 45: Redo, Rewire, Repeat

 🗓️ Date: 5 Dec 2025

📌 Title: Redo, Rewire, Repeat

Task Description

For Day 45, my SV attended the late-night meeting on my behalf, as I already had personal plans after work. In the morning, he walked me through the outcomes of the discussion together with an IT colleague who was also unable to attend. As a result, the logic for the Cash ISA Transfer-In flow changed yet again.

Hearing through the changes was exhausting, especially knowing that a lot of prior work would need to be rethought. Despite the frustration, I moved forward by redesigning the screens based on the updated logic. Throughout the process, my SV provided helpful suggestions and opinions that guided decision-making and improved clarity in the flow.

From a design perspective, I also had to revisit my visual approach. My first draft relied heavily on black buttons, but this didn’t fully align with brand guidelines. I reworked the designs to incorporate Tiffany blue as the primary action colour, carefully balancing usability, hierarchy, and brand consistency.

Challenges & Solutions

The biggest challenge was emotional and mental fatigue from repeated changes and rework. It was frustrating to feel like progress kept resetting. To manage this, I focused on treating the new logic as a clean slate, leaned on my SV’s feedback for direction, and reframed the redesign as refinement rather than failure.

Design-wise, adapting my UI to fit strict brand colours required extra iteration. Testing different button treatments and contrast levels helped maintain clarity while staying on-brand.

Key Learnings & Skills Gained

I learned how important resilience and adaptability are in real-world projects where requirements evolve constantly. I also strengthened my ability to design within brand constraints, finding ways to preserve usability even when visual preferences needed adjustment.

Reflection & Next Steps

Day 45 was a reminder that progress isn’t always linear, and sometimes it loops. While tiring, the collaboration with my SV helped turn frustration into forward motion. Next, I’ll continue refining the updated screens and prepare for further validation once the new logic stabilises.

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