1. 1-3 June 2011. Wageningen, Netherlands

2. Is the Interface User Friendly?

3. Is the tool Intuitive?

4. Does the tool do, what is supposed to do?

5. Is the tool suitable for the purpose it is intended?

6. Would you recommend the tool to others?

7. Feed-Forward ● Improve inputting the list of germplasm ● Should be a complete package up to harvesting ● Needs labels for harvesting ● The traits template need to be improved ● Include Jeff SNP marker selection software if possible, linked to data analysis software like Darwin, Genstat imas, etc ● Options to convert to kg/ha, cm2, volumes, etc. ● Make sure that only valid selections appear in any drop-down menus

8. Feed-Forward (2) ● Selection decision making - which progeny to advance and cross ● Create templates internal to the tool ● The tool should be integrated with the database ● Allow export or connect to the database with different tools to do different types of data visualization and manipulation ● Allow filtering capabilities out of the inventory in the database ● Mapping of lists to a field. Visualization of imported values in the map

9. Feed-Forward (3) ● Option to bypass the steps of entering owner of data and such and be able to enter the data after creating my set lists rather than being required to define everything before making a list ● fieldbook should be connected to database with both read- and write- functionality ● Allow to manage inventory and create lists of material for placement in trials and nurseries and analysis and selection ● Allow to store marker data ● Allow display capabilities (head-to-head viewer and a parent comparer)

10. Feed-Forward (4) ● Should not be able to select an end date earlier than start date ● Allow sorting capabilities in the list of location, person and trait ● In the constant part, when you delete a trait from the selected box, it goes back to the recently selected trait and not to original list ● Misspelling of Analysis in the New Trial form ● Germplasm term misspelled in Trial Wizard ● Add an error checking capacity in Fieldbook

11. Feed-Forward (5) ● Allow basic statistical check in the handheld device ● The Constant and Condition terms are not intuitive, Trial characteristics might be a good term for Constant ● Once the fieldbook is generated, it ishould still be possible to delete a trait from the fieldbook columns ● Add a facility to import lay-out done in another randomization program

12. Feed Back features'requests

13. Advantages

14. CONCLUSION We (Developers/GCP) are challenging us to build intuitive user-friendly software tools for breeders to be able to collect trial information. Even though generate intuitive user-friendly interfaces is hard and very complicated, in order to reach our goals, it is imperative to follow the easy rules as one of the CIMMYT maize physiologists, lets go to the ease room to generate EASY SOLUTIONS!

15. Easy Solutions

16. THANK YOU! BEDANKT! GRACIAS!