SAP DESIGN GUILD

Archive of All Editions

Last update: 01/21/2008 • Compiled and edited by the SAP Design Guild Team

On this page, we present an overview of all SAP Design Guild Editions and Highlight Topics including the current ones.

See also Articles by Topic for a listing of articles by topic.

 

Highlight Topic 1: Universal Usability

Universal Usability (published December 2007)

Main Article

• Universal Usability
• Appendix: Universal Usability – Related Concepts

Related Articles

• Universal Design
• Universal Remote Console
• Assistive Technology – The Bridge Between Computers and Disabled Users
• One Common User Interface for All Users?

Book Reviews

• Review of Universal Usability
• Appendix to Review of Universal Usability
• Review of Access by Design

Accessibility

• Information Equivalence
• Vision and Vision Physiology

References

• Links for Universal Usability
• Universal Usability Glossary

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Special Edition 10: SAP User Experience

"SAP User Experience" (published December 2006)

Leading Article

• The Art and Science of Usability

New SAP Ux Projetcs

• SRM UI Conversion
• Industry Composite Development – Quickly Responding to Change

User-Centered Design

• The SAP User-Centered Design (UCD) Process
• User-Centered Design: SAP Analytics Customer Validation Project

Accessibility

• Breaking Down Barriers

More Project Reports

• Working as a Designer in a Global Team
• Multimodal Warehouse Application

Events

• World Usability Day 2007 – "Making Life Easy" (Photos)
• SAP's Presence at CHI 2007 in San Jose, California – A Photo Story
• SAP User Experience at ASUG/SAPPHIRE 2007!
• World Usability Day 2006: Making Life Easy
• World Usability Day 2006 – "Making Life Easy" (Photos)

For Your Reference

• SAP User Experience Glossary

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Edition 9: Accessibility 2005

"Accessibility" (published May/June 2005)

Leading Articles

• Accessibility for ABAP Programs
• In Support of Harmonized Global Accessibility Standards

SAP's Accessibility Approach

• SAP Accessibility Competence Center – Accessibility for Ben, Iris and Oliver
• SAP Application and Technology Tests for Accessibility
• SAP GUI Accessibility – The Other Side of Scripting

Regulations and More

• Accessibility Legislation – an Insight
• Voluntary Product Accessibility Template

Assistive and Other Technology

• Assistive Technology – The Bridge Between Computers and Disabled Users
• Universal Design
• Universal Remote Console

Personal Report

• Accessibility from the Perspective of a Visually Impaired User

For Your Reference

• Vision and Visual Disabilities – An Introduction
• Accessibility Glossary

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Edition 8: User Productivity

"User Productivity" (published November 2004)

Leading and General Articles

• Leading Article: Matthias Vering on Usability and User Productivity – More Than Just a Pretty Interface
• Contextual Design – Defining Best in Class Applications
• AMR Analysts Discuss Role-Based ERP Interfaces – The User-Friendly Enterprise
• ASUG, SAP, and Usability – Face-to-Face Influence on Development
• Reducing TCO with Increased User Productivity

User Productivity Topics

• Overview Article: User Productivity Worldwide – Branding, Design, Accessibility
• UI First – Placing Users at the Center of the Design Process
• SAP Accessibility Competence Center – Accessibility for Everyone
• Creating the SAP Product Language
• The Usability Engineering Center at SAP – User-Friendly Software Is Not a Matter of Chance
• User Productivity at SAP Labs
• SAP Design Guild – The Voice of SAP in the Design Field
• User Interface Patterns – Components for User Interfaces

More User Productivity

• SAP Innovates Usability Testing
• Innovative Interfaces Between Man and Machine – Software With Extra Likeability
• Adapting User Interfaces of Mobile Applications – Success Factor Usability

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Edition 7: Composite Applications

"xApps and Composite Application Design" (published October 2003)

Introduction

• Crossing Boundaries with Composite Applications

Leading and General Articles

• Packaged Composite Applications: A Liberating Force for the User Interface
• Next Generation Applications – What Are They?
• Acronyms and Glossary

Theoretical Foundations

• xApps – A New Practice for Next Practice
• Process Recombination: An Ontology-Based Approach for Business Process Re-Design
• The Agile Dance of Architectures – Reframing IT Enabled Business Opportunities
• Web Services and User Interaction
• Dissolving Boundaries with Distributed Cognition and xApps

Designing xApps, Examples of SAP xApps

• Prototype-Based xApps Design Process
• SAP xApp EPM – Employee Process Management
• SAP xApp Knowledge Network – From the Idea to the Product

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Edition 6: Branding

"Branding – Making a Mark on the Collective Consciousness" (published February 2003)

Leading Article

• The History of Product Branding at SAP

Introduction

• Branding Glossary
• Branding – Links and Other Resources

All About Branding

• Extending a Software Brand Language Across the Vendor, the Customer, and the User
• The Brand as an Asset – The Five Evolutionary Steps to Creating a Brand
• Branding Hearts and Minds
• Visual Branding
• Themes, Schemes, Skins, Shells, Bells and Whistles
• Branding – An Unscientific Survey

SAP and Branding

• The SAP Theme Editor
• Brand Adaptation of the mySAP Enterprise Portal
• Branding and Usability in Software Products
• Branding – From the Point of View of a Usability & Design Consultant

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Edition 5: Collaboration

"Collaboration – Working Efficiently in a Complex Network of People and Information" (published September 2002)

Leading Article

• Trends in Collaboration

Introduction

• Keywords and Definitions Around "Collaboration"
• Collaboration Glossary
• Links and Other Information Resources on Collaboration

Communities, Knowledge Management, and More...

• Beyond Commerce: Bringing Business Relationships and Community to the Web
• Knowledge Sharing in Practice
• Locating and Linking Experts – a Knowledge Management Approach at Aventis Pharma
• The Social Web Cockpit: Assistant for Teams and Communities
• Characterizing the Virtual Community
• Constraints for Developing Groupware and Obtaining User Acceptance
• Supporting Groupware with Awareness Information
• Personal Networks
• Supporting Group Work through Hardware and Software Solutions

SAP Collaboration Projects

• SAP Collaboration Room (mySAP Enterprise Portal Edition)
• Real-Time Collaboration Integration in the Portal

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Edition 4: Accessibility

"Accessibility – Section 508 and its Consequences" (published February 2002; outdated)

Leading Article

• Leading Article from ACC

SAP Accessibility Competence Center

• A Giant Rises to the Challenge of Accessibility
• Evaluating Accessibility
• Policies Relating to Information Technology Accessibility

Around Accessibility

• 508 – Any More Questions? Commented List of Accessibility Resources
• Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines, Take 2
• Information Equivalence and More...
• The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, a Commented Overview

Assistive and Other Technology

• Assistive Technology - The Bridge Between Computers and Disabled Users
• Making Web Pages Accessible – Questions and HTML Examples
• One Common User Interface for All Users?

Visual Disabilites

• Portal Color Design to Support Visually Challenged Users
• Vision and Visual Disabilities – An Introduction

Projects

• Making the SAP Design Guild more Accessible
• Technology Accessibility at Hewlett Packard

Personal Reports

• Experience Report of a Blind ABAP Developer
• "Seeing" with the Fingers – Technology and Team Spirit Create Jobs for Blind Colleagues

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Edition 3: Portals

"Portals – The Information, Functionality and Services I Need at My Fingertips" (published May 2001)

Leading Article

• Portals – The Information, Functionality and Services I Need at My Fingertips

What is a Portal?

• Portals – The All-In-One Web Supersites: Features, Functions, Definitions, Taxonomy
• Creating New Work Paradigms for the Enterprise Portal
• The Posture of Portals
• Ingredients of Portals – An Overview
• Generic Portal Pages – What Do Most Portals Need?

What's in a Portal: MiniApps, Generic MiniApps

• Generic MiniApps (iViews)

User-Centered Portal Design

• Portal Usability – Is There Such A Thing?
• Do Traditional Design Processes Apply to Portal Design?
• The Budget Manager Portal Revisited – Putting User-Centered Methods to Action
• Creating an Interaction Design
• Information Architecture for Web Portals

Graphic Design and Branding

• Portal Design vs. Web Design

"Real" Portal Projects

• City Portal
• The Web Master Portal – Roles and Scenarios
• Employee Self-Service and Life and Work Events – Two Ideas for a New User-Centric Perspective

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Edition 2: Reporting

"Reporting – Turning Data into Information" (published December 2000)

Leading Article

• Reporting – Turning Data into Information

Current Trends in Reporting

• Analytical Applications
• Reconciling Conflicts in Reporting

Content

• Creating Reporting Structures through Information Modeling
• Structured versus Unstructured Information

Information Visualization

• Orion – A Visual Approach to Business Analytics
• Knowledge Reporting with InfoZoom^®
• Making the Truth Visible – Visual Design of Visual Reporting Tools

Selected Portals

• Budget Manager
• Brand Manager
• Line Manager

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Edition 1: mySAP.com Workplace and Portals

"mySAP.com Workplace and MiniApps – Steps towards a Personalized and Efficient Electronic Work Environment" (published August 2000)

Contents

• Building Blocks of Web Portals
• How to Master Portal Design
• Portals – A Step Beyond the Desktop?
• The Right Information Right on the Spot
• SAP User Roles – A Way towards a Personalized Workplace
• Self-Explaining Web Applications
• WAP-Designing for Small User Interfaces
• Workplace and MiniApps

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Edition 0: Philosophy Edition

"Continuous improvement!" (published April 2000)

EnjoySAP

• EnjoySAP: A Success Story
• EnjoySAP – Success Factors

Branding

• Reinvigorating the SAP Brand
• Branding Methods

Design

• Introducing Grand Design to the Digital Domain
• SAP GUI Color Usage for Brand and Emotional Qualities
• Speeding UI Design Forward

User Experience

• Cooper Interaction Design enjoys SAP
• Contextual Design at SAP
• What Does User Integration Mean for Software Design?
• User Feedback

 

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