GUI Design for the Web

Effective Interface Design for the Internet and Corporate Intranets

Houston, October 9-10, 1997

What’s Happening

Web Technology has given us an opportunity to transform our organizations by providing a cost-effective method to improve corporate communications and distribute and share vital information. The most important component of a Web Application is the user interface. If the web-based application is too difficult to navigate or understand, the users will reject it, support and training costs will skyrocket, programmers will get discouraged and maintenance will be a nightmare. Web-based applications must be designed to effectively meet today’s demanding business needs.

This seminar covers the fundamental and key principles of successful design using Web Technology. Through this seminar, you will adopt the new GUI paradigm which includes: the event-driven mindset, user centric design, proper use and placement of GUI Web-based controls, and Website architectural modeling.

What You Will Learn

A two day class for developers, end-users and managers, the GUI Design for the Web course explains how to apply concepts of graphical design to the new paradigm of web-based development. Attendees will learn how to determine the best navigation for a Website, proper use of web-based GUI controls, and how to convert existing client/server systems to the Web, many times using their existing client/server toolset.

• Create successful web sites from existing applications

• New modeling techniques for architecting complex web sites

• Create and implement in-house web standards

• When to use each of the web form controls…and when not to

• Effective page design techniques and when not to use frames

• Develop complex web sites for mixed user profiles

• When and how to effectively use Multimedia, Java and ActiveX controls

Benefits To Your Company:

• Reduce training and support costs by using ‘open’ web technology

• Increase productivity with a well-designed corporate intranet

• Reduce development time by using proven design techniques

• Gain knowledge on how to create task centric vs. Data centric designs

• Reduce web site maintenance by learning practical HTML code re-use strategies

• Achieve higher end-user satisfaction through deployment of a consistent look and feel

• Effectively evaluate Web development tools

• Reduce deployment costs by web-enabling your existing applications

After Attending This Seminar You Will Be Able To:

• Develop effective Web-based interfaces for Corporate Intranets and Internets

• Turn your existing GUI applications into Web-based applications

• Select Web design tools that are right for your organization

• Use a proven process for creating sophisticated and intuitive Web sites for business

• Implement in-house Web design standards

Who Should Attend

• Project Managers who are responsible for establishing or managing a web-based project

• Project Leaders who need to know proven steps for web-enabling existing client/server applications

• GUI Designers who need to know how and when to use the new Web controls when creating user interfaces

• Webmasters who are responsible for managing and implementing web technology

• Analysts and Programmers who need to know the critical aspects and limitations of web design

• End Users who need to understand the principles of good GUI design on the Web

This class is designed for corporate or commercial programmers and analysts that are, or plan to be, involved in Web projects. Anyone concerned with developing well-designed web sites, including individuals that will gather user requirements or end-users themselves. Attendees should have a basic understanding of GUI components and navigating in a Web environment.

What Makes This Seminar Unique

At the conclusion of this class attendees are ready to immediately begin successful Web Site design. In addition, by studying real world case studies, students will be able to apply the examples and differentiate between effective and ineffective web site design.

Goals and Objectives

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

• Differentiate between an effective and ineffective Web design

• Identify techniques for delivering Intranet based solutions

• Develop a migration strategy for migrating client/server systems to the web

• Define effective navigation models for large-scale web sites

Seminar Outline

1. Web Primer

a. Learn what a Web application is and what it is not

b. Tools and languages overview

c. Learn the benefits of good web design

d. Discuss Web challenges and how to overcome them

e. List common reasons for web design failure

Lab: Let's fix some 'challenged' GUIs
Lab: Let's review some 'successful' GUIs

2. Page and Window Design

a. Review GUI controls

i. Standard Controls

ii. Java, Active X

b. Learn the appropriate usage and behavior of the basic controls

c. Learn techniques for effective menu design and usage

d. Frames…when to use and when to avoid them

e. Effective image design JPEG vs. GIF

Lab: Design a complex search and retrieval Web application

3. Delivering new technologies on the web

a. Do's and don'ts with new multimedia controls

b. How to deliver and manipulate images

c. Serving high bandwidth image files

d. Creating clickable client and server-side image maps

e. Effectively using "push" and "pull" technologies

f. VRML and animation

g. Streaming audio and video

Lab: Apply new technologies to create a web interface

4. Web Navigation Modeling

a. Explore concepts of user navigation via the web

b. Identify the types of characteristics of different users

c. Learn how to choose the best web navigational model based on user types

d. Identify types of tasks and how they affect web design

Case study: Review different navigation models

i. Data Warehouse

ii. Information Center

iii. External Marketing / Customer Support

Lab: Choose the best web model based on a task/user profile

5. Website Architecture

a. Intranet design techniques

b. Create a Java/Non-Java mirrored site

c. Provide introduction to prototyping and usability testing techniques

d. Learn new web modeling techniques

e. Learn techniques for an effective corporate info center

Lab: Create a Navigational Model for a sample website

6. Managing Web Development

a. Roles on an effective Web team

b. Responsibilities and skills needed for each role

c. The importance of standards

d. Achieving buy-in from the organization

e. Measuring website success

7. Migrating Client/Server Systems to the Web

a. Explain the process involved in converting C/S to web technology

b. Present guidelines/rules to follow

c. Handling security via 'Virtual Connections'

d. Discuss different strategies for GUI to Web migration

Lab: Convert GUI screens to Web-based solution

9. Course Conclusion

a. Course Summary

b. Questions and Answers

About Your Instructor

Jim Hobart is an internationally recognized user interface design consultant and president of Classic System Solutions, Inc. He specializes in the design and development of large-scale, high-volume client/server applications. He is an expert in GUI design for transaction processing systems and strategies for migration form character-based systems to GUI and Web-based technologies. Mr. Hobart has over thirteen years of software development experience and over seven years of GUI application design experience.

Meeting Site & Hotel Information

Houston, October 9-10, 1997
Renaissance Houston
(713)629-1200

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GUI Design for the Web
Effective Interface Design for the Internet and Corporate Intranets

$995

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