Initial Brief
The purpose of the initial project was to audit and redesign the existing Alto Web Manager. The redesign was then implemented using a 3rd part development, AngularJS and Node JS. The new web application was designed for desktop and front panel UI used by customers and DAC engineers to help maintain ALTO archive systems.
The project consisted of four objectives,
The project consisted of four objectives,
- Familiarisation of current ALTO user interface (UI) and command line interface (CLI)
- Interviewing customers about their experiences and impressions of using Alto hardware
- Desing new User Interface that takes into account new functionality and customer feedback including the writing of a software requirement specification (SRS) based on the on part 1 and 2)
- Implement new UI design as part of Phase 1 development and forming the foundation to subsequent phases.
Summary
The audit focused on the following areas:-
The results highlighted:-
- First impressions of using the interface – without documentation
- First impressions of using the user interface – with supporting documentation
- Limitations of the current user interface
- Identifying key missing features of the current user interface
The results highlighted:-
- User experience blind spots
- Absent functionality within the current display UI
- Command line interface functions that need to be within the display UI
- Resolution of internal or customer user experience issues