Advance Program - Tutorial

25. Cultivating Convergence: Cross-Product UI Design for Applications and Web Sites

Monday, 08:30 - 17:00

Instructors
Kevin Mullet, Icarian, USA
Erric Solomon, Synopsys, USA

Benefits
You will learn the characteristics of effective software systems that form the basis for successful cross-product UI design. We illustrate proven techniques that you can use to design and build effective software systems within your own development team. By the end of the day, you will be able to produce a personal Convergence Plan for advancing the cause of cross-product UI design in your organization.

Origins
This tutorial is new for CHI 2000.

Features

• How to recognize an effective software system
• How to develop systematic conceptual, presentation, and interaction designs
• How to organize the design and development teams for maximum effectiveness
• How to achieve convergence in the real world

Audience
This is an intermediate-level tutorial in which we assume you've had at least some exposure to "real world" software development environments. It is appropriate for anyone involved in the design, development, or management of cross-product software systems or (in particular) the individual applications or web pages being created within those systems.

Presentation
A lecture featuring real-world examples, and participatory work including extended group discussions and hands-on exercises that give you a chance to put theory into practice.

Instructors
Kevin Mullet is User Interface Architect at Icarian, designing a system of interlocking web-based applications for workforce management in high tech companies. He has been designing convergent software systems for the past ten years at companies like Sun, Macromedia, and Netscape. Erric Solomon is Director of the Interactive Visualization Group at Synopsys Inc. The mission of the group, which he founded, is to provide and promote improved user interfaces, enhanced visualization, and common look and feel across the Synopsys product line.