creating a tablet app for a legacy system and staying alive

CREATING A TABLET APP FOR A LEGACY SYSTEM

Yael KerenUX Lead @ HP Software R&DApril 2014

and staying alive

Yael Keren

BSc. Industrial Engineering & Management

Business analyst & Production planner @ HP Indigo

Software Developer @ SAP

MSc. Human Factors Eng. (Human Computer Interaction)

Usability Researcher @ Deutche Telekom Labs

UX Consultant @ Aman UI & Design

UX Lead @ HP Software

Analyze

Design

ImplementTest

Evaluate

UX

“What does the user need?”

“Is this what I planned?”

“Who is the user?”

“Why does the user need this?”

“When/How will the user use this?”

“This appears on hover…”

“Is the user using this?”

“How is the user using this?”

UX

ALM / QC

ALM Manual testing

ALM Manual testing

Workflows Parameters

FiltersDefects

Attachments

Favorites

Runs

HistoryOffline

Challenge #1

MANY MANY FUNCTIONSSMALL SCREEN

Solution

CUT FUNCTIONALITY

Create Tests

Create Favorites

Edit Steps

Define workflows

So how do I cut functionality?

•Think about the context of use

•Add only if someone notices its

gone

•Whatever you cannot cut – hide

Challenge #2

MEETING USERS

If I had asked people what they wanted,

they would have said ‘faster

horses’- Henry Ford

More than 1 tester

PC is far from testing area

Users download steps to Excel

Leverage device capabilities

Challenge #3

UX ITERATIONS

One last challenge...

ANIMATIONS

ALM Manual testing

QA

DEV

PM

UX

THANK YOU

QUESTIONS?yaelk@hp.com