在ORACLE的UCD设计－－现在UCD越来越深入人心了

Oracle User Experience    Mission AtOracle, we believe that we can deliver the software that our customerswant and need deploying user-centered Design tools and methods. Wedeliver a successful user experience to our customer by working withdesign partners, and by involving end users in our iterative designprocess. The Oracle UserExperience groups provide comprehensive usability engineering,interface design support, and user interface research for the entirecorporation. Team members have experience in a wide variety of disciplines,   including usability engineering, cognitive psychology, graphic design,   interaction design,and computer science with a specialization in Human Computer Interface(HCI). Oracle's tradition of investment in human factors dates back 17years. Our executives believe it to be a critical competitivedifferentiator, if included early in the software development process. http://ui.oracle.com/images/ucd.jpg User Centered Design at Oracle EachOracle User Experience group works in cross-disciplinary teamsthroughout the entire development cycle of Oracle products, in concertwith software development and product management teams. The departmentfollows a user-centered design methodology that includes the followingactivities: http://ui.oracle.com/images/bullet_5x5.gif User   requirements research http://ui.oracle.com/images/bullet_5x5.gif Heuristic evaluations of existing products http://ui.oracle.com/images/bullet_5x5.gif Definition of theuser experience through   sketches and interactive prototypes http://ui.oracle.com/images/bullet_5x5.gif Iterative development and usability testing of interactive   and visual design solutions http://ui.oracle.com/images/bullet_5x5.gif Formal usability testing and competitive evaluations of   products 　　Our long term   investments include laboratoryand academicresearch projects in areas such as informationvisualization, mobile computing, universal access, and distancelearning. Advanced projects are carried out on-site and incollaboration with university partner labs such as Stanford University,Berkeley, and Carnegie Mellon. http://ui.oracle.com/images/lifecycle.gif	http://ui.oracle.com/Oracle%20Solutions_files/spacer.gif http://ui.oracle.com/Oracle%20Solutions_files/spacer.gif http://ui.oracle.com/Oracle%20Solutions_files/spacer.gif GET INVOLVED! http://ui.oracle.com/Oracle%20Solutions_files/spacer.gif http://ui.oracle.com/Oracle%20Solutions_files/spacer.gif http://ui.oracle.com/Oracle%20Solutions_files/spacer.gif http://ui.oracle.com/Oracle%20Solutions_files/spacer.gif http://ui.oracle.com/Oracle%20Solutions_files/spacer.gif 　　Participate in the Usability Program at Oracle to help us improve our products! [table=98%] http://ui.oracle.com/images/arrow_7x7.gif Usability Program	http://ui.oracle.com/Oracle%20Solutions_files/spacer.gif
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