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Highlight Topic "Human Performance
at the Computer"

new Our 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.
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• new Have You Ever Heard of Performance-Oriented (UI) Design? We are proud to announce that we published our second highlight topic on the SAP Design Guild (see top news). This year's articles focus on performance, or more precisely, on various aspects of human performance at the computer. Since there are already a number of introductions to the highlight topic on this site, our author would like to reserve this editorial to a specific aspect: performance-oriented (UI) design.
• Human Performance at the Computer – Part 2: Making Applications More Responsive In this article, our author focuses on the aspect of improving system responsiveness. He points out that the challenge here is to find ways of reducing the waiting times for users even when processes are still running. He also shows that responsiveness is by no means a purely technical topic, because waiting times also impact users in certain ways. The article lists recommendations for making applications more responsive and concludes with discussing how control can be returned to users in the best possible way.
• Human Performance at the Computer – Part 3: Perceived Performance In this article, our author focuses on perceived performance. He takes a look at the factors that influence how users perceive the system's and their own performance, and presents approaches to improving perceived performance.