Kastling Helps U.S. Agencies Modernize Systems with Axure

Getting the green light on federal projects requires careful up-front planning and scoping. For contractors, this stage is critical to winning contracts and is often done prior to entering agreements with agencies. Because agencies are so mission-focused, Kastling works hard to involve stakeholders in its design process. They use Axure to project designs on the wall and gather immediate feedback from clients, turning the involvement into a collaborative effort. Kastling also uses Axure to more precisely craft proposals, allowing clients to see and interact with prototypes, which leads to immediate feedback and a proposal that closely matches client expectations. This dramatically increases the chances of winning contracts. Prototypes also help Kastling better define project scope, a critical challenge in working with federal agencies. With prototypes, they can pinpoint exactly what is in scope and what is out of scope, cutting down on the cost of rework. Among Lee’s top priorities in building Kastling is assembling a well-rounded team of consultants empowered to move quickly and adapt to new challenges. Although Kastling consultants bring unique skills to the table, each is able to communicate ideas with the rest of the team by using Axure to visually demonstrate what they mean. Team sizes can range from three to 25 contributors, including agency product owners, business analysts, user experience designers, and developers. Having a design tool that’s easy for all team members to pick up while powerful enough to go from low-fidelity wireframes and user flows to high-fidelity prototypes and interactions was critical to Lee, who wanted Kastling’s consultants to hit the ground running.