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Ted Roche, MCSD, MCSE |
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Blackstone Incorporated |
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http://www.bstone.com |
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Co-Author, Hacker’s Guide to Visual FoxPro |
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Columnist, FoxPro Advisor’s Advisor Answers |
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Director of Development, Blackstone Incorporated |
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Microsoft Certified Solution Developer |
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Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer |
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Microsoft Support Most Valuable Professional |
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What Makes a Good Design? |
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Who are Your Users? |
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Prototypes |
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Less is Better |
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References |
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It is not that different from software: |
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Use Cases |
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Prototypes for client approval |
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Deep Analysis |
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Reusability |
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Standards |
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Data entry people: paid by the completed item,
not by the keystroke |
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What do they want: fast, simple, keyboard-driven |
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Managers: Paid to analyze, think, plan |
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What do they want: Patterns, flexibility,
drill-down, side-by-side, “What if…” |
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They don’t have to work! |
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Must show reasonable data,
not blank forms! |
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Use these to interview clients,
work out flow |
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Emphasize flexibility |
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Show often, review, revise |
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A good interface is not noticed |
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See Bibliography in speaker’s notes |
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Notes