‘Designing Enterprise Applications’ posts

JasperSoft Solutions Used at MCCA with OptAM Delivering Tremendous Business Results

Posted by Marc Osofsky on 23 Oct 2008

In late 2007, MCCA engaged Optaros to build a comprehensive Event Management System that enables the MCCA staff and their partners to sell, plan and deliver events to their customers. The solution supports MCCA’s core business operations in the event management lifecycle including: Sales and Facility Booking Event and Exhibitor Space Setup and Service Order | View post »

REFEN, an enterprise SugarCRM implementation

Posted by Optaros on 17 Sep 2008

REFEN is a component based assembly application, using SugarCRM as core component that has been designed, developed and Q/A tested in 10 weeks following OptAM methodology with a development team of 3-4 people. REFEN provides a web 2.0 interface for the work office department of the State of Vaud (Switzerland). The REFEN system: manages firms | View post »

User-Designed Enterpise Apps: A Strategic Advantage

Posted by Optaros on 31 Jan 2008

Where does your company stand on usability? Which of the these best describes your company’s beliefs about its Enterprise IT Systems? Our Enterprise Systems drive our success Our Enterprise Systems are holding us back If your answer is “2″, then where does it hurt? Too difficult to learn our system Too many user “mistakes” Too | View post »

Enterprise Applications Need Design

Posted by Optaros on 10 Jan 2008

Enterprise applications often get overlooked when it comes time to spend energy on creating an effective interface. There are real benefits to delivering an intuitive interface for an enterprise application and real penalties to be paid for having a poor one. As the commercial consumer software world increasingly awakens to the need to provide intuitive | View post »

Practicing UX at a Company Where the User is King

Posted by Marc Osofsky on 10 Jan 2008

Although all web services companies say the user is king, and set out to design web applications with the user in mind, the end result doesn’t always reflect that intent. Ironically, even after a successfully validated design is completed, one of the inhibiting factors that sometimes contributes to the missed end result, can be the | View post »

Icons: Does your site need them?

Posted by Marc Osofsky on 10 Jan 2008

Icons are a great addition to many sites. Whether it be a drop-down arrow or a shopping cart icon, they will add a positive visual language to the overall site experience. The challenge is knowing where and when to use them appropriately. When you are transitioning from business requirements into wireframes, your visual designer will | View post »

User Design Workshops

Posted by Optaros on 09 Jan 2008

Workshops are a central feature of Optaros’ User Centered Design process. In User Design Workshops, our User Experience professionals work with actual Users to define the features of the System. We use wireframes to present screens that users might encounter in a real wokring system. Users tell us if the features and content in these | View post »

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