Adriana Ana-Maria PĂUN1, Iustina-Cristina COSTEA-MARCU2, Florentina Geanina TACHE3, Răzvan Mihai DOBRESCU4 and Augustin SEMENESCU5
Abstract. The increasing complexity of projects and the diversification of team members’ responsibilities demonstrate the need for tools that support performance monitoring beyond the traditional indicators used in project management. Building on the Cognitive Load Index conceptual model defined at an earlier stage of the research, this article proposes the development of a software prototype for monitoring team members’ cognitive load. The prototype was developed in Figma and includes functionalities for managing projects and teams, assessing cognitive variables, automatically calculating the CLI and displaying the results in an interactive dashboard. The article also presents the application design process, the definition of functional and non-functional requirements, and the structure of the main interfaces and user flows. The results show that the conceptual model can be translated into a software solution, providing a basis for developing a functional application that supports project managers in monitoring cognitive load and making decisions about team management.
Keywords: Cognitive Load Index, project management, software prototype, Figma, cognitive load.
DOI 10.56082/annalsarscieco.2026.4.10
1 National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 313, Splaiul Independenței, Sector 6, Bucharest, Romania, ORCID No. 0009-0002-7402-9335, adriana_ana.paun@stud.faima.upb.ro,
2 National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 313, Splaiul Independenței, Sector 6, Bucharest, Romania, Corresponding author, ORCID No. 0009-0009-2600-285X, iustina.costea@upb.ro,
3National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 313, Splaiul Independenței, Sector 6, Bucharest, Romania, Corresponding author, ORCID No. 0009-0007-7017-7812, florentina.tache@upb.ro,
4National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 313, Splaiul Independenței, Sector 6, Bucharest, Romania, ORCID No. 0000-0002-6390-5400, razvan.dobrescu@upb.ro,
5National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 313, Splaiul Independenței, Sector 6, Bucharest, Romania, ORCID No. 0000-0001-6864-3297, augustin.semenescu@upb.ro
PUBLISHED in Annals Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Economy, Law, Sociology, Volume 9 no 4, 2026