MultiFactor Authentication
at Belong

Led UX delivery of Multi-Factor Authentication across all digital and service platforms under strict tight 2 month deadline, working within a cross-functional tiger team spanning Product, Engineering, UX, Lawyers and Security.

Client
Belong, at Fjord.

Year
2022

Brief

In 2022, Telecommunications companies in Australia faced a data privacy legislation that required them to implement multiple factors of authentication - (verifying with a password AND an SMS, email or biometrics) across their digital and service platforms - or face a significant fine. The deadline was 5 months.

I was asked to lead the UX and design the customer journey across enrolment (setting up for the first time for new & existing customers), on the website, app & across their various customer service channels.

DESIGN PROCESS

  1. Best In Class analysis

  2. Stakeholder interviews for technical understand, security best practice, policy requirements

  3. 10+ Co-Design Workshops with the multidisciplinary team

  4. Wireframes & Service Design Blueprint for 20+use cases

  5. Usability Testing for high risk journeys

  6. Handover to build within Agile Environment

DISCOVER

Under the strict deadline, the discovery process was lean. 2FA has been done before - but understanding the technical limitations, security best practice and agent journey ramifications was more complex - I needed to get a picture of the scope & map all entry points and journeys we needed to design for.

I spoke to lawyers, security, and technical architects and agent leads, and undertook best-in-class analysis to understand what great & smooth feels like across all digital & service touchpoints.

We mapped out 25+ possible journeys - all requiring design and build for happy and unhappy paths. It was mammoth and our team was small, only 1 designer and we only had 2 months to be ready for dev.

SERVICE BLUEPRINTS

I ran 10+ co-design workshops to map out journeys for every entry point of MFA and the wireframes and/or service blueprints required. This started as basic workflow decision trees and then into wireflows & journey maps across the various channels. We mapped out all micro-interactions, edge-cases around those who aren’t enrolled, and maintained cross-platform consistency.

We came up with both an MVP and Future State Vision to record usability and technical sacrifices

Brief

In 2022, Telecommunications companies in Australia faced a data privacy legislation that required them to implement multiple factors of authentication - (verifying with a password AND an SMS, email or biometrics) across their digital and service platforms - or face a significant fine. The deadline was 5 months.

I was asked to lead the UX and design the customer journey across enrolment (setting up for the first time for new & existing customers), on the website, app & across their various customer service channels.

DESIGN PROCESS

  1. Best In Class analysis

  2. Stakeholder interviews for technical understand, security best practice, policy requirements

  3. 10+ Co-Design Workshops with the multidisciplinary team

  4. Wireframes & Service Design Blueprint for 20+use cases

  5. Usability Testing for high risk journeys

  6. Handover to build within Agile Environment