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Editions and Highlight Topics – Overview

Updated: 11/13/2008

Editions offer article collections dedicated to a UI-related topic in the SAP environment. Highlight topics are collections of related articles that had been published on the SAP Design Guild before and are now offered under a common framework.

Below, you will find the latest editions and highlight topics that were published on the SAP Design Guild Website.

 

Highlight Topic 2: Human Performance at the Computer

Published November 13, 2008

Humans at the computerOur second highlight topic is devoted to human performance at the computer and includes topics such as responsiveness, perceived performance, and busy feedback. The articles have been published in different areas of the SAP Design Guild over the course of about one year and are now presented within a coherent framework for easier access.

We have also provided a few new articles, including a glossary, a list of references and links, and a collection of performance analogies. We hope that we can also follow the tradition of the first highlight topic Universal Usability and add a few new articles over the course of the next year.

Go to Highlight Topic Human Performance at the Computer

 

Highlight Topic 1: Universal Usability

Published December 10, 2007; last update January 21, 2008

Curb cut - often used as analogy by proponents of universal usability

Our first highlight topic offers a selection of articles centered on the topic "Universal Usability." It starts with three recent articles on universal usability:

  • main article Universal Usability
  • book review of Universal Usability
  • book review of Access by Design

We complement these three pieces with additional information from previous accessibility editions, hoping that our visitors will find them also useful in the context of Universal Usability and its related concepts, Universal Access and Universal Design. The information covers topics such as universal design, assistive technology, information equivalence, and an introduction to visual impairments.

Last but not least, we added two new articles: One is a collection of references and links that will allow our visitors to delve more deeply into the field of Universal Usability. The second is a Universal Usability glossary.

Go to Highlight Topic Universal Usability

 

Edition 10: SAP User Experience

Published December 21, 2006; last update: July 18, 2008

With this tenth edition we would like to depart somewhat from previous editions and feature the SAP User Experience (SAP UX) team, led by Dan Rosenberg since mid-2005, and its work.

SAP User Experience

In this edition we would like to show two aspects of the SAP UX team. First we would like to present a series of successful projects completed by SAP UX team members, which demonstrate how the team's work has impacted SAP's software development and how this work will lead to substantial improvements with respect to usability and user experience. Secondly, we have collected a handful of SAP UX-related articles that have already been published in the SAP Design Guild and put them in one place, thus providing our readers with a better overview of the SAP UX team's work and the principles that it follows. One cornerstone principle is the new User-Centered Design process (UCD process) that is currently being rolled out at SAP and discussed in several articles. Our new standards and guidelines for SAP's user interface will follow.

You will also see that the SAP UX team is a truly global team. It is spread out all over the world – from Palo Alto, USA to Walldorf, Germany, Sofia, Bulgaria, Ra'anana, Israel, Bangalore, India, and Shanghai, China.

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Edition 9: Accessibility

Published June 7, 2005; last update October 13, 2008

Picture of a bridgeIn this ninth edition of the SAP Design Guild, which has been published in cooperation with SAP's Accessibility Competence Center (ACC) in Walldorf, Germany, you will get an overview on the current situation around accessibility in the world regarding legislation, standards and technologies, and it will also give you an insight on SAP’s standpoint towards these developments all over the world.

There are about 600 million people with disabilities all over the world. The functional needs of people with disabilities with computer use can be diverse, but there should not be regional differentiation. Today, many countries are adding IT accessibility as a legal requirement. Unfortunately, many of these countries are establishing unique technical requirements. This sort of fragmentation is harmful to people with disabilities and commerce.

This Design Guild edition draws a picture of the current legislation situation, outlines the need for harmonized standards and highlights our effort to incorporate accessibility into our products.

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