1. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Planning a UI Design and Development Effort Torres 8

2. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Planning Generally iterative process Generally iterative process 30%-50% of code is UI related 30%-50% of code is UI related

3. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Essential Components Set milestones Set milestones Track quality Track quality Manage risk Manage risk Evaluate and report requirements compliance Evaluate and report requirements compliance

4. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Software Development Model Waterfall (upstream) Waterfall (upstream) Iterative/evolutionary Iterative/evolutionary

5. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Planning Process Set goals Set goals Requirements gathering Requirements gathering –UI –Usability –Consistency Management support/involvement Management support/involvement Schedule Schedule

6. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu User Centered Product Plan Form multi-disciplinary team Form multi-disciplinary team User participation throughout process User participation throughout process Early design and prototyping milestones Early design and prototyping milestones Early usability evaluations Early usability evaluations Planned design iteration Planned design iteration Tracking and reporting Tracking and reporting

7. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Chunking the Plan Small bite-sized chunks Small bite-sized chunks Staged iterations Staged iterations –I1 - Conceptual design –I2 - Repair/enhancements first 20% –I3 – Next 20% –I4 – Remaining features

8. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Iterative Processes Requirements Requirements Business cases Business cases Design Design Prototype Prototype

9. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Iterative Processes Specification Specification Code/unit test Code/unit test Systems testing Systems testing

10. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Frequently Overlooked Factors Project presentations and demonstrations Project presentations and demonstrations Changing tools Changing tools Changing platforms Changing platforms Network infrastructure Network infrastructure Vacations Vacations Holidays Holidays

11. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Staffing Specific skills Specific skills Teamwork Teamwork Cross training Cross training One core team throughout the project One core team throughout the project

12. William H. Bowers – whb108@psu.edu Questions & Discussion