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Case Study User Interface Design for Process Support. Sept 18 th 2010 Tim St. Hilaire. Identify Area for Improvement. Informal Survey Questions Do you use a Help Desk / Ticketing System? Do you Track IT Projects Separate from the Ticketing System?
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Case StudyUser Interface Design for Process Support Sept 18th 2010 Tim St. Hilaire
Identify Area for Improvement Informal Survey Questions Do you use a Help Desk / Ticketing System? Do you Track IT ProjectsSeparate from the Ticketing System? Do you Track Small and Medium changes in the Ticketing System? Do your IT Resources support both Help Desk and Projects? Is your project list decided on a regular interval? Annually? Quarterly? Understand, Communicating, and Prioritizing IT requestsOudside of the Help Desk – but – Smaller than Major ProjectsThis is the problem we were challenged to solve
Roles IT Change Control & Review Board General Public Gatekeepers IT Resources
Role Relationship IT Change Control & Review Board General Public Gatekeepers IT Resources
Request Flow Left to Right IT Change Control & Review Board General Public Gatekeepers IT Resources
A Process Agreed Upon IT Change Control & Review Board General Public Gatekeepers IT Resources System Touch Point System Touch Point Open Request Format Gatekeeper Approved Requests CCRB Requests
Basic Process • Collection • List of desirable changes and projects • Prioritize • Do the most important of most critical first • Execute • Divide up the work and apply resources
Basic Process – What Really Happens Collection • List of desirable changes and projects • New Items are added all the time Prioritize • Do the most important of most critical first • Changing and Dynamic Priorities • Audit Findings and Compliance Issues • Security Findings Require Attention Execute • Divide up the work and apply resources • Resources are multi-tasking
Where Have I Done This Before? Now Important MustDo VP Said Got to Have Pronto Please Help Next I need this
Where Have I Done This Before? This is a common problem – wit just a different subject Google has recently offered the “Priority Inbox” Feels more like an automated search engine for your inbox
Key Take Away Enables Process Software Drives
Key Take Away Leverage work others have accomplished Great User Interfaces can be found in a lot of places Spend a little time objectively thinking about user interface Even small changes can impact how well an application is received
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