Revolutionizing Household Finance: A User-Centered Platform for Holistic Financial Management
摘要
The increasing complexity of household financial management has been exacerbated by the fragmented architecture of existing digital financial tools. Although discrete applications support budgeting, expenditure tracking, forecasting, and account oversight, a critical gap remains: the absence of a unified platform that facilitates integrated financial planning and collaborative familial governance. This study introduces a comprehensive digital solution aimed at remedying this deficiency through a consolidated user interface augmented by predictive analytics. Consequently, this paper delineates and assesses a holistic platform that directly ameliorates the functional fragmentation. Empirical inquiries, encompassing quantitative (N = 342 survey) and qualitative (N = 35 interviews) methodologies, discerned salient disutility points, revealing significant cognitive burden and a low satisfaction (2.7/5) with extant applications. An iterative prototype developmental trajectory, progressing from low-fidelity schematics to a high-fidelity interactive simulacrum, was informed by key dissatisfactions identified in the initial user research and insights from iterative usability validation cycles. Subsequent comparative performance assessment corroborated the platform’s integrative schema, with a mean satisfaction of the proposed prototype of 84.2 out of 100 (SD = 7.9). Through synthesis of rigorous empirical methodologies with sophisticated algorithmic prognostications and resilient cooperative functionalities, this platform furnishes a pragmatic resolution, establishing a scalable archetypal framework for holistic, human-centered financial applications, augmenting the state of the art of financial management applications.