Interactive Site Plan (ISP) Case Study

Role — UX Designer

Duration — 4 Months

Tools — Sketch, Figma, Workfront

Project Overview

Toll Brothers sales centers rely heavily on an Interactive Site Plan (ISP) to showcase available home sites, community amenities, and Quick Move-In (QMI) homes to prospective buyers. The existing tool was outdated, difficult to navigate, and failed to support self-guided exploration or filtering.

Our goal was to modernize the ISP to make it more intuitive, interactive, and sales-friendly—supporting both sales consultants and buyers during in-person tours.

🔍 Discover

The Problem

The existing ISP was a static, non-interactive kiosk display that required heavy sales consultant guidance. Homebuyers had no ability to explore homes independently or filter by availability or floor plan preferences. Sales reps often had to manually reference paper sheets or PDFs, interrupting the sales flow.

“It feels like I’m babysitting the tool instead of letting it help me sell.” — Sales Consultant

Research Methods

  • Stakeholder Interviews with 4 Sales Consultants

  • Usability Audit of the current ISP

  • Observation Sessions in 2 sales centers

We met with sales teams to gather feedback on the original ISP, discussing what they liked and what needed improvement.

Key Findings

  • Users had difficulty understanding which home sites were available at a glance.

  • Quick Move-In homes were hard to find and often buried.

  • Sales teams lacked a way to guide the user without taking full control.

  • The original ISP lacked essential features such as the ability to scroll through listings or save favorites.

  • Lacked an efficient way to compare homes side-by-side.

🧩 Define

User Needs

  • Buyers want to browse at their own pace, filter by preferences, and visualize availability clearly.

  • Sales Consultants need a quick, interactive tool to answer questions and present options.


Business Goals

  • Streamline home selection to shorten the decision-making process.

  • Promote Quick Move-In homes more effectively.

  • Reduce reliance on printed collateral and manual updates.

Design Goals

  1. Create a visually intuitive, filterable map for buyers and sales reps.

  2. Highlight Quick Move-In homes and key community amenities.

  3. Redesign and create a better integrated registration flow for buyer follow-up.

The existing registration process relied on a printed QR code scanned during design studio visits—a workflow that wasn’t optimized for mobile use.

✏️ Develop

Ideation & Wireframing

We began with a collaborative sketching session and created a feature prioritization matrix with stakeholders. Then we developed wireframes and low-fidelity prototypes to test layout, filtering logic, and map interactivity.

Key Features Explored:

  • Home site filters (plan, price, availability)

  • Tap-to-view home details

  • “Favorites” for saving top picks

  • Quick Move-In cards on homepage

  • Simplified digital registration form with integrated QR code (no more printing)

Iteration & Testing

We ran 3 rounds of usability testing with internal stakeholders and simulated buyers using clickable Figma prototypes.

Key Insights from Testing:

  • Users preferred a persistent map with dynamic filters.

  • “Quick Move-In” badge improved discovery rate by 60%.

  • Digital registration needed to be shorter and more contextual.

Digital registration ideations

Design System Integration

All components followed the Toll Brothers design system and accessibility standards—ensuring consistency and scalability across community sales centers.

✅ Deliver

Final Solution

The final design included:

  • Interactive, responsive map with availability filters

  • Visual badges for Quick Move-In homes

  • Tap-to-view overlays with home/site info

  • Sticky navigation for registration & preferences

  • Sales mode toggle to guide consultations

Outcomes

  • User engagement time increased by 45% during home tours visits

  • Sales consultant satisfaction improved in post-launch surveys (Positive Reviews from internal sales teams)

  • Printed materials reduced by 80%

  • Tool adopted by all new communities within 3 months of launch

🔄 Reflection & Next Steps

This project reinforced the importance of designing tools that empower both users and internal teams. If I could go back, I’d push to test with real buyers earlier in the process. Looking ahead, we’re exploring how to integrate this tool into the public-facing website for lead generation beyond the sales center.