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UNSW INFS3605 Innovation and Transformation2024Bronze Award (Top 3)

InspirEd: personalised career recommendations for UNSW students

Power BI career map that matches students to careers

Role: Systems Test Analyst in a 6-person team (user acceptance testing)

  • Power BI
  • Figma
  • Miro
Team InspirEd on stage receiving the Bronze Award at the UNSW INFS3605 Innovation and Transformation Showcase
Team walkthrough of the Power BI career map prototype: hover a branch to see the match rate, select a role, compare soft and hard skill match.

Before vs after

Before

Students today

  • Unsure which careers suit them
  • Career resources spread across platforms

After

InspirEd Careers

  • Career map of personalised paths
  • Skill match per role, gaps to build

How it works

  1. 01Step 1 of 6, Miro

    Research

    Surveys, interviews, personas and empathy maps.

  2. InspirEd slide: front-end dashboard features and back-end matching algorithm

    02Step 2 of 6

    Data and features

    Course history and WAM as vectors; skills extracted from course descriptions.

  3. 03Step 3 of 6

    Matching

    Content-based and collaborative filtering, cosine similarity to career profiles.

  4. InspirEd slide: Power BI career map dashboard prototype and use cases

    04Step 4 of 6, Power BI

    Career map

    Power BI Sankey of recommended paths plus skill match bars.

  5. InspirEd slide: user acceptance testing methodology, data flow and UAT cases

    05Step 5 of 6

    Testing

    UAT cases for data validation and algorithm logic, with alumni and student testing.

  6. Team InspirEd presenting the solution slides on stage

    06Step 6 of 6

    Result

    Pitched at the showcase. Bronze Award, a top 3 team.

Tech stack in this project

  • Power BIInteractive career map (Sankey) and skill-match dashboard prototype
  • FigmaHigh-fidelity prototype: login, questionnaire, homepage, career dashboard
  • MiroEmpathy maps and research synthesis
  • Human-centred design
  • Agile Scrum
  • User acceptance testing
  • Cost-benefit analysis

Why it matters for supply chain

  • Profile matching = supplier and carrier selection by fit
  • UAT and go-live planning = ERP and WMS implementation
  • Stakeholder research = requirements before any system change

Linked to my Master of Logistics & SCM, University of Sydney

  • Team InspirEd on stage receiving the Bronze Award at the UNSW INFS3605 Innovation and Transformation Showcase
  • Team InspirEd, six UNSW students, at the INFS3605 showcase venue
  • Team InspirEd presenting the solution slides on stage
  • Johnny pitching the InspirEd platform at the UNSW INFS3605 Innovation and Transformation Showcase
  • Three InspirEd team members at the lectern during the pitch
  • All INFS3605 showcase teams and judges on stage
  • InspirEd slide: Power BI career map dashboard prototype and use cases
  • InspirEd slide: user acceptance testing methodology, data flow and UAT cases
  • InspirEd high-fidelity prototype: homepage and career dashboard
  • InspirEd slide: front-end dashboard features and back-end matching algorithm
Read the full case study

Problem

Many UNSW students are unsure which careers suit them, and career guidance is spread across separate platforms.

Approach

  1. Researched the problem with surveys, one-on-one interviews, personas, empathy maps and a 5 Whys root cause analysis.
  2. Designed InspirEd Careers: a unified dashboard that combines course history, course performance and skills to recommend careers.
  3. Proposed a matching approach: course history as WAM vectors, skills extracted from course descriptions, content-based and collaborative filtering, cosine similarity.
  4. Prototyped the career map and skill match in Power BI and the user flow in Figma.
  5. As Systems Test Analyst, worked on user acceptance testing: test cases for data validation and algorithm logic, and validation with alumni and students.
  6. Pitched at the INFS3605 Innovation and Transformation Showcase; team InspirEd received the Bronze Award.