Carbon Black Cloud (CBC) Advanced Remediation feature

2023-24, VMware Carbon Black (In development)

Project Summary | My Role | Challenges | Highlights

Project Summary

During alert triage the only method users had for manual intervention on assets was through CBC’s Live Response feature, which operated on a single device. Remediating one device at the time could be time consuming and arduous if more than one asset if affect. Customers needed a robust remediation service that could carry out scripted remediation actions on multiple devices from a single starting point and provide a clear feedback on the initiated actions.

My Role

  • UX Lead, collaborating with UX Content and UX Research
  • Based on user interviews I documented the expected workflows and then identified the interfaces needed to complete those steps
  • Conducted a group evaluation of user stories against our existing persona resulting in:
    • User story refinement
    • the identification of design opportunities
    • the identification of overlooked user stories
  • Created prototypes for user research and observed research sessions
  • Conducted design workshops to validate user needs and workflows, to solve challenges around multi-factor authentication and feature security, and to position the feature for market
  • Created static, annotated wireframes for development
  • Maintained project management information for UX Team in confluence
  • Identified metrics and created a measurement strategy
  • Lead to a deeper understanding of the feature by project management and development
  • Lead to updates to the technical documentation
  • Identified multiple intersections points and dependencies with other system features

Challenges

I inherited the project from another designer. I found that the initial designs were based on minor modifications to the existing system and did not take into account the full scope of the intended feature. I had to back-track the design process and reengage PM and development to redirect the effort.