Master Merge November 1, 2005 Team Swiss Brendan Doms, Mike Foss, Nate Smith
Goals of the Project Make mail merge more intuitive Give power users more, relevant capabilities
Main Persona & Scenarios Violet Persona – our primary persona –People person –Power user Violet Scenarios –Letter to local business people –Fundraising request to prior supporters
Current Design Power Point Prototype –Some improvements include: Colored data grid to distinguish from Excel More editing functionality Type of merge (Document type) option Lines (like Access) for linking multiple databases
Our Demo
Biggest Lesson Revision: No matter how long and how hard you design, the first version will not be nearly as good as it can be through revision & user feedback.