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Designing for the First-Time Applicant

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Most application systems are designed, implicitly, for people who have used one before. The vocabulary, the sequencing and the expectations all assume prior experience.

Designing for a first-time applicant changes almost every screen: what is explained, what is asked, and when.

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This is an illustrative scenario. It does not describe a real applicant, recipient or funded project.