Case Study - COSA Booking App

The Car Online Service Appointment (COSA) booking app helps 700K users schedule appointments to service their cars at their local dealerships.

Client
CDK Global
Industry
Automotive software
Year
  • Actionable insights
  • Cross-functional communication
  • Self-learner

Overview

  • Car Online Service Appointment (COSA) booking app with 700K end users
    • Led user experience research for this project
  • A major version was recently released, but needed evaluation
  • Stakeholders included the Product Manager, UX Researchers, UX Designers, and Software Engineers

Rui identified the problem in the latest major release that caused a 5% drop in the conversion rate.

Raven Moore
UX Manager
End users
700,000
Car dealerships
15,000

Research questions

  • What issues do users encounter with the major release?
  • How does the major release impact the users’ experience with COSA?
    • Does the conversion rate for completing service appointment bookings increase?
    • Do daily booking appointments increase?

Research process

  • Collected technical information about the recent release
  • Reviewed research questions and goals with stakeholders
  • Performed a benchmarking study using log analysis from Amplitude analytics data
  • Identified potential user improvement opportunities
  • Presented relevant and actionable insights to stakeholders

Outcomes

  • Identified user issues with the latest release
  • 4-5% drop off with IE and Edge browsers
  • Explained a data discrepancy in the state of Mississippi
  • Confirmed increase in daily bookings with a higher conversion rate

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