Analysis of Other Systems
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[edit] Objectives
- To find out the strengths and weaknesses of products identified by project stakeholders,
- To produce a list of issues that need to be addressed to allow us to offer the best product.
- To develop a list of product features for the new product.
- To communicate findings to the project stakeholders.
[edit] Method
The products to be analysed were identified in a meeting by project stakeholders. Depending on the availability of the product to be analysed one of two approaches were taken.
[edit] Ideal Approach
The products are evaluated using a simple script containing typical user tasks extracted from the context of use analysis. During the evaluations screen shots are captured of key views and inserted into a powerpoint file. The evaluator records findings about the positive and negative aspects of the product and where possible items that will feed into the usability requirements.
[edit] Alternative Approach
Where direct access to other products is not possible then either a usability survey or a user observation will be carried out.
[edit] Results
We analyzed a number of commercial and open source products. The results of this have been removed.
We leave it up to the community to fill this information.
[edit] New Product Features List
During this review the following list was constructed of features which could be included in the new product (not exhaustive):
- User Customisable User Interface
- WhiteBoarding
- Rollups
- Comprehensive Workflow
- Aggregate content from multiple sites/areas
- Direct Manipulation of interface objects
[edit] Conclusion
TBC
