CASE STUDY / 03
The Front Office
Overview
Overview
The Front Office is a basketball management application focused on the decisions made away from the court. It explores roster construction, trades, contracts, team building, and long term decision making.
Context
Context
The product frames a basketball team as a set of connected roster, contract, draft, and planning decisions.
Define
Problem
Front office simulations need to surface a large amount of team information while keeping the next decision understandable.
Understand
UX Thinking
Management applications contain a huge amount of information. The interface focuses on making that information easier to scan, compare, and act on without losing the depth expected from a serious simulation.
Flow
User Flow
A manager reviews the roster, inspects a constraint, compares options, commits to a move, and returns to the wider team plan.
Structure
Wireframes
The information architecture gives roster, contracts, draft choices, and transactions distinct places while preserving a consistent decision pattern.
System
Visual Design
A compact desktop workspace supports dense information with clear groupings, restrained color, and strong numeric hierarchy.
Motion
Interaction Design
Comparison states and transaction feedback help users understand the consequences of a move before they continue.
Build
Development
The project combines a desktop focused interface with application logic, persistent data, and systems designed around basketball front office decisions.
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Challenges
The key challenge is keeping depth available while reducing the effort required to scan a team and choose the next action.
Output
Result
The Front Office is a basketball management direction centered on roster construction, trades, contracts, and long term team building.
Reflect
What I Learned
Information density is useful when hierarchy and comparison are treated as part of the product, not as decoration.
Next
Future Improvements
Future work can extend the simulation model, improve planning views, and make more decision paths visible in the same workspace.
Technologies