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Portfolio projects

Guided projects for your portfolio.

Four complete briefs with fictional business context, milestones, worksheets, testing plans and rubrics. You do the research yourself; nothing here pretends to be real evidence.

Project 1Beginner

Improve a local service business website

Redesign the website of a small home-services business so local customers can understand the services, trust the business and request a booking.

  • 3 to 4 weeks part-time
  • 7 milestones
  • 8 deliverables

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Project 2Intermediate

Design a mobile habit-tracking or wellness app

Design a calm, honest mobile app that helps people build one healthy habit without guilt, streak anxiety or manipulative notifications.

  • 4 to 6 weeks part-time
  • 6 milestones
  • 8 deliverables

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Project 3Intermediate

Design a responsive e-commerce experience

Design product discovery, product detail, basket and checkout for an independent shop, driven by usability testing and measured iteration.

  • 5 to 6 weeks part-time
  • 6 milestones
  • 8 deliverables

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Project 4Advanced

Design a data-rich dashboard or SaaS product

Design a dashboard for a small clinic network that turns appointment data into decisions, with roles, tables, filters and clear metrics.

  • 5 to 7 weeks part-time
  • 7 milestones
  • 8 deliverables

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Each project brief separates your independent task from the hints and worked example, which are hidden until you choose to open them. Try the task first.