Software Engineering for Business Information Systems (sebis) Department of Informatics Technische Universität München, Germany wwwmatthes.in.tum.de

Optimizing the User Experience of a Social Content Manager for Casual Users Florian Katenbrink, 11.05.2015, TU München

1.  Motivation §  Tricia §  SocioCortex & Objective

2.  Research Questions

3.  Solution Approach §  Possible Improvements §  Literature and Tools

4.  Roadmap

Overview

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Motivation -Tricia

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Backend Web Application

Tricia

Motivation - SocioCortex & Objective

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SocioCortex REST API Mobile Application(s)

SocioCortex

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Web Application(s)

Data Source 1

Identity Mgnt.

Data Source 2

Motivation - SocioCortex & Objective

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SocioCortex REST API Mobile Application(s)

SocioCortex

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Web Application(s)

Data Source 1

Identity Mgnt.

Data Source 2

Goal for this Thesis -  Generic Web Application

-  Based on REST API

-  Optimize User Experience

-  Responsive

Research Questions

Initial Presentation – Bachelor’s Thesis 5

Leading Question: In the Context of SocioCortex, how can the User Experience be optimized?

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Research Questions

Initial Presentation – Bachelor’s Thesis 5

1.  Navigation 2.  Wiki Content 3.  User Profile 4.  Activity Stream 5.  Search Results

Leading Question: In the Context of SocioCortex, how can the User Experience be optimized?

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Solution Approach – Possible Improvements

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Improvement: Highlight the Subpages Alternative: Hover Menu

Solution Approach – Possible Improvements

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Improve User Profile Usage

Solution Approach – Possible Improvements

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Improve User Profile Usage Improvement:

Make the User want to fill in the Profile

Solution Approach – Literature and Tools

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Solution Approach – Literature and Tools

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Mockups: •  Balsamiq •  Inkscape Responsive Front-End Frameworks: •  AngularJS •  Angular Material Scaffolding Tool: •  Yeoman

Roadmap

Initial Presentation – Bachelor’s Thesis 9

April May June July August

Project Setup

Literature Research

Mockups

Application Prototype

(User Evaluation & Analysis)

Writing the Thesis

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Florian Katenbrink TUM Student

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