Web and Rich client technology have given us an opportunity to transform our organizations by providing a cost-effective method to improve corporate communications and distribute and share vital information. Today's customers are more demanding and have high expectations from your applications. Implementing effective user interfaces can mean the difference between success and failure in your software development strategy. This two-day seminar is the natural next step to our designing for usability training. This class is designed to teach tips, tricks, and helpful hints that ensure a more effective user interface, even to the most senior GUI designer.

Upon completion of the seminar, attendees will be able to:

• Design complex web-based and traditional GUI applications.
• Incorporate prototyping and use cases to validate complex design issues.
• Create complex navigation models for both web-based and windows-based transactional systems.
• Apply proven visual design patterns to solve complex user interface issues.

In addition, attendees will work on complex problems and apply Agile development techniques. This seminar will also introduce our unique approach to creating and implementing visual design patterns to address complex application design issues. We will also discuss multimedia and mobile applications and how they impact the effectiveness of the user interface.

What You will Learn

This two-day class explains how to successfully design complex web and traditional GUI applications, which will allow your organization to reap the rewards of delivering usable software. Students will study real-world scenarios and lessons for building value and creating competitive advantage while avoiding costly mistakes in UI design. You will also discover design strategies for handling complex interaction design issues, while leveraging your team’s existing skills.

At the end of this course, course attendees will be able to:

• Understand advanced layout and design principles.
• Design applications using emerging mobile technologies.
• Conduct a usability test.
• Create and implement visual design patterns for solving complex design issues.

Who Should Attend

Project Managers who are responsible for establishing or managing a web or GUI project.

Project Leaders who need to know proven steps for ensuring usable applications.

Software Developers who are looking to expand their knowledge in user interface design.

Interaction Designers who are responsible for managing and implementing complex user interfaces.

Analysts who are responsible for documenting requirements for web and GUI applications.

This class is designed for corporate or commercial developers, designers and analysts that are, or plan to be, involved in web and GUI projects. Anyone concerned with developing well-designed user interfaces, including individuals that will gather user requirements or end-users themselves will also benefit from attending. Attendees should have a basic understanding of web and GUI technologies and developing software in an online environment.

Benefits to Your Company

• Implement successful web and GUI applications
• Reduce deployment costs by web-enabling your existing applications
• Increase productivity with highly usable applications
• Avoid costly design mistakes
• Learn how to incorporate user centered design into traditional methodologies (RUP, Agile)
• Implement a repeatable successful design approach

Attendees will receive an interactive DVD with footage from the usability lab showing usability issues discussed during the class.

Let us come to you! If you have 10 or more employees who wish to attend a seminar, CSS will offer the training on-site. For more information about on-site seminars contact sales@classicsys.com