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Fam Cal

Bring family together, one synced schedule at a time.

Overview

Individual Project
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Productivity

My Role

Worked independently from UX Research to prototyping and delivery

Timeline

UX Research - 1 week
Define and Ideation - 2 week
Prototyping - 1 week

David and Eleanor's Experience

Goals​

  • Stay on top of her daughter’s school and extracurricular activities

  • Carve out uninterrupted time for herself -- especially for yoga and quiet moments

  • Help the family stay more coordinated without being the “default scheduler”

​Frustrations

  • Constantly responding to last-minute changes in her daughter’s schedule

  • Can’t plan her own downtime because she’s unsure what the rest of the family is doing

  • Often ends up sacrificing her personal time to keep things running smoothly

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Eleanor Foster

Age: 43
Occupation: Assistant Professor at a University
Location: Suburban Toronto
Family: Married, one 12-year-old daughter

"I can handle my work just fine—it’s the unpredictable family stuff that throws me off. I wish I had more space to breathe, to plan, and to just take care of myself once in a while."

"I just want to spend more time with my family—but between my work schedule and everyone's activities, it feels almost impossible to get us all on the same page."

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David Chen

Age: 45
Occupation: Senior Software Developer at a mid-sized tech firm
Location: Suburban Toronto
Family: Married, one 12-year-old daughter

Goals​

  • Spend more time with wife and daughter​

  • Easily coordinate schedules

  • Keep weekends more organized and free for family activities

​Frustrations

  • Family’s schedules are always changing, especially his daughter’s extracurriculars

  • Weekends feel chaotic or wasted due to misaligned availability

More Than David and Eleanor

56%

Parents Struggling with Work-Family Balance

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54%

Child's Schedule is Managed by Mother

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36%

Child's Schedule is Shared by Parents

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Parents need a way to manage family's schedule, particularly their children's activities, because the responsibility often disproportionately falls on one parent despite scheduling being a joint family effort.

User Flow

  • Eleanor receives a last-minute schedule for her daughter but she couldn't make it.

  • Then she adds it in Fam Cal and assigns to her husband, no SMS or call needed.

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Setting

Wireframes

Prototyping & Iteration

Manage child's activities easily, share responsibilities equally, plan quality family time effortless. Reduce stress, stay organized, and keep your family connected with Fam Cal.

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Low-Fidelity Prototype & A/B Testing

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Featured

Stacked Calendars

Preview family members' calendars in one place, stacked together as a family.

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Calendar Retrieval

Easily filter calendars by family member and availability — plan with confidence.

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Plan Events Seamlessly

No matter booking a family dinner or a tennis session for yourself, all in one place.

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Reflection

This project began with a conversation with a mother who managed most of her family’s scheduling, revealing a desire for more personal time and a more balanced distribution of responsibility. As the design progressed, we encountered a key tension: while scheduling needs to be shared, assigning it too rigidly can feel imposed. Fam Cal was developed to navigate this ambiguity by offering a system that encourages shared participation without enforcing it. By promoting voluntary engagement and mutual respect, the design aims to support more equitable household dynamics and foster a sense of agency and balance for everyone involved.

© 2025 by Qicheng Liu

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