About the SAP User Experience Team
Updated: April 23, 2012
This page informs about SAP User Experience, the team at SAP that publishes the SAP Design Guild Website.
Improving the User Experience of SAP Applications
In this fun, short, stop-motion video, SAP User Experience presents itself and how the team works with product teams to delight users and customers (duration 2:20; opens in Windows Media Player; QuickTime format).
Mission and Tasks
The core objective of the user experience team at SAP is to take the user interface design of SAP products to the next level of excellence.
Design Excellence for Business Software
The core business of SAP User Experience is taking the UI design of SAP's Business Suite, SME, Networked Solutions, and Industry applications to the next level of design excellence. Interaction designers work closely with solution management and development to design and develop applications that lead the industry.
Branding and Visual Design
Key initiatives within SAP, which are driven by SAP User Experience, are harmonizing the look and feel of SAP's products, embodying SAP's strong brand in each product, and enhancing the user experience through visual design.
UI Guidelines
UI Guidelines are critical for achieving consistent handling across software products and product lines, an essential factor in providing a satisfying user experience. The SAP User Experience team defines these guidelines for SAP and works with development teams to ensure they are realized within the respective technology platform.
User-Centered Design and the Product Innovation Lifecycle
The user-centered design process forms the foundation for SAP User Experience's work and is integrated into SAP's product development lifecycle. Cross-functional collaboration, user validation, and design iteration are core to this process.
Design for All
Building accessible products is important to SAP and its customers. SAP User Experience and the accessibility team help teams comply with regulations globally.
Fostering the Design Community
SAP User Experience participates in key industry events including UPA, CHI, and World Usability Day. We support the wider design community with the SAP Design Guild, a public Website for the exchange of ideas on the topic of UI design.
For
more information about SAP User Experience see the Special
UX Edition.
Join SAP User Experience
If you want to make a direct impact on the design of SAP's products, join SAP User Experience.
We are looking for top creative and social science talent from around the world for the following positions:
- Interaction Designers
- User Researchers
- Visual Designers
For
more information, see www.careersatsap.com or
contact SAP at careers@sap.com. You may
also have a look at Job Offers on this site.
Organizational Information
The SAP User Experience group is headed by Sethu M., Head of Product Architecture and Technology Strategy. Currently, the team consists of about 220 members, distributed over several continents. Major SAP User Experience locations are Palo Alto (USA), Walldorf (Germany), Vancouver (Canada), Paris (France), Ra'anana (Israel), Sofia (Bulgaria), Bangalore (India), and Shanghai (China).
