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Parallel workforce planning dashboard

Case Study

Parallel

How HQ helped Parallel build a prototype to raise funding and test their product.

In the details

The highlights

Prototype development for fundraising

Product testing and validation

Dashboard and user interface design

Headcount and budget management features

Role management workflow

Typography and design system

Parallel dashboard imagery
Parallel
A page for a software engineer role covers employment details and compensation

Overview

Three screens show the dashboard and headcount screens in the Parallel app, plus a listing for a software engineer

Parallel is a platform designed to help organizations manage their workforce planning, budgeting, and headcount through an intuitive dashboard interface. The application provides tools for tracking employment details, compensation, and role management across teams.

Design and development approach

The Parallel typography system uses SF Pro for its font, moving between light, regular, semibold, and bold weights to differentiate headings and body

The design system utilizes SF Pro typography with varying weights (light, regular, semibold, and bold) to differentiate headings and body content. The interface focuses on clear information hierarchy and usability for HR and finance teams.

Key features

Three tablet screens show the flow users follow to make changes to a role

The application includes:

  • Dashboard: Provides summaries for budget, headcount, and task management
  • Role Management: Tablet-optimized flows for making changes to positions and employment details
  • Compensation Tracking: Display of salary and employment information for individual roles
  • Team Organization: Headcount overview and management capabilities

Outcome

The Parallel dashboard reviews budget, headcount, and tasks

HQ successfully delivered a functional prototype that enabled Parallel to raise funding and validate their product-market fit with real users.

Elizabeth Waite

“The way you've handled this is such a testament to why HQ is so damn good.”

Elizabeth Waite

CMO, Collegewise

Randall Bennett

“This team is insanely reliable.”

Randall Bennett

Facebook

Hayden Hill

“These are my favorite vendors.”

Hayden Hill

CMO, Christensen Institute

Austen Allred

“As a way to get to a phenomenal product, hiring this team is the best way to go. Overall we're 1000% pleased.”

Austen Allred

CEO, GauntletAI

Shobin Uralil

“There's no doubt in my mind that we picked the right partner in HQ to help us with this.”

Shobin Uralil

CMO, Lively

Jeff Allen

“If I'm not your happiest customer, I'm willing to fight whoever thinks they are for that title.”

Jeff Allen

CEO, BlueCar

Jerome Paul

“We feel like HQ has been our secret weapon.”

Jerome Paul

CEO, Spiff (acq. by Salesforce)

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