Creating employee personas is an effective way to understand the needs of your workforce, and to plan and design solutions accordingly.
Archives for usability
Redesigning the enterprise.
Design can transform the way we work, from fixing usability issues to uncovering new business solutions.
Search box design.
The starting point for great intranet search is a well-designed search box.
Award-winning intranets engage users throughout the design process.
Involving users in the design phase of an intranet or web-based project is not just about gathering requirements and testing designs. It is also provides…
The importance of field research when designing for health workers (World Usability Day 2013 presentation).
Yesterday, we had the honour of participating in the World Usability Day event held in Canberra, Australia. The global theme for this year was “Healthcare:…
UX behind the firewall: Designing engaging experiences for staff (presentation).
While in Vancouver for a SharePoint conference, I was incredibly pleased to be able to present to a session of VanUE, a local gathering of…
Mobile instead of intranet? Urbis shares their experiences.
Late in 2012, we asked the question Should intranet teams stop and do mobile instead? The idea being that if teams are stuck waiting for…
Designing intranet homepages that help employees do their jobs.
How much of your intranet home is red (irrelevant) vs green (directly helpful for staff)?
Five layers of enterprise mobile design.
Enterprise mobility is quickly moving from pilots and proof-of-concepts to delivering key business functionality for staff when they’re away from their desks. These moves recognise…
Five layers of enterprise mobile design.
Designing for mobility goes beyond just small screens and touch interactions, to encompass the user’s context and tasks.