By Kathy Miedema & Misha Vaughan, Oracle Applications User Experience Oracle has made a huge investment into
the user experience of its many different software product families, and recent releases showcase big changes and features that aim to promote end user engagement and efficiency by streamlining navigation and simplifying
the user interface. But making Oracle’s enterprise software great-looking and usable doesn’t stop when Oracle products go out
the door.
The Applications User Experience (UX) team recognizes that our customers may need to customize software to fit their work processes. And that’s why we provide tools such as user experience design patterns to help you maintain
the Oracle user experience as you tailor your application to fit your business needs. Often, however, customers may need some context around user experience. How has
the Oracle user experience been designed and constructed? Why is a good user experience important for users? How does understanding what goes into
the user experience benefit
the people who purchase
the software for users? There’s a short answer to these questions, and you can read about it on Usable Apps. But truly understanding Oracle’s investment and seeing how it applies across product families occasionally requires a deeper dive into
the Oracle user experience, especially if you’re an influencer or decision-maker about Oracle products. To help frame these decisions,
the Communications & Outreach team has developed several targeted workshops that explore what Oracle means when it talks about user experience, and provides a roadmap into where
the Oracle user experience is going. These workshops require non-disclosure agreements, and have been delivered to Oracle sales folks, Oracle partners, Oracle ACE Directors and ACEs, and a few customers. Some of these audience members have been developers or have a technical background; just as many did not. Here’s a breakdown of
the kind of training you can get around
the Oracle user experience from
the OAUX Communications & Outreach team.For Partners: George Papazzian, Principal, Naviscent with Joyce Ohgi, Oracle
Oracle Fusion Applications HCM Pre-Sales Seminar: In concert with Worldwide Alliances and Channels under Applications Partner Enablement Director Jonathan Vinoskey’s guidance,
the Applications User Experience team delivers a two-day workshop. Day one focuses on Oracle Fusion Applications HCM and pre-sales strategy, and Day two focuses on positioning and leveraging Oracle’s investment in
the Oracle Fusion Applications user experience.
The next workshops will occur on
the following dates:
December 4-5, 2013 @ Manchester, UK
January 29-30, 2014 @ Reston, Virginia
February 2014 @ Guadalajara, Mexico (email: Shannon Whiteman)
March 11-12, 2014 @ Dubai, United Arab Emirates
April 1-2, 2014 @ Chicago, Illinois
Partner Advisory Board: A two-day board meeting in
the U.S. and U.K. to discuss four main user experience areas for Oracle Fusion Applications: simplicity, visualization & analytics, mobility, & futures. This event is limited to Oracle
Diamond Partners, UX bloggers, and key UX influencers and requires legal documentation. We will be talking about
the Oracle applications UX strategy and roadmap.
Partner Implementation Training on User Interface: How to Build Great-Looking, Usable Apps: In this two-day, hands-on workshop built around Oracle’s Application Development Framework, learn how to build desktop and mobile user interfaces and mobile user interfaces based on Oracle’s experience with Fusion Applications. This workshop is for partners with a technology background who are looking for ways to tailor Fusion Applications using ADF, or have built their own custom solutions using ADF. It includes an introduction to UX design patterns and provides tools to build usability-tested UX designs.
Nov 5-6, 2013 @ Redwood Shores, CA, USA
January 28-29th, 2014 @ Reston, Virginia, USA
February 25-26, 2014 @ Guadalajara, Mexico
March 9-10, 2014 @ Dubai, United Arab Emirates
To register, contact
[email protected]
Simplified UI Customization & Extensibility: Pilot workshop: We will be reviewing
the proposed content for communicating
the user experience tool kit available with
the next release of Oracle Fusion Applications. Our core focus will be on what toolkit components our system implementors and independent software vendors will need to respond to customer demand, whether they are extending Fusion Applications, or building custom applications, that will need to leverage
the simplified UI.
Dec 11th, 2013 @ Reading, UK
For information: contact
[email protected]
Private lab tour and demos: Interested in seeing what’s going on in
the Apps UX Labs? If you are headed to
the San Francisco Bay Area, let us know. We can arrange a spin through our usability labs at headquarters.
OAUX Expo: This open-house forum gives partners a look at what
the UX team is working on, and showcases
the next-generation user experiences in a demo environment where attendees can see and touch
the applications.
UX Direct: Use
the same methods that Oracle uses to develop its own user experiences. We help you define your users and their needs, and then provide direction on how to tailor
the best user experience you can for them.
For CustomersAngela Johnston, Gozel Aamoth, Teena Singh, and Yen Chan, Oracle
Lab tours: See demos of soon-to-be-released products, and take a spin on usability research equipment such as our eye-tracker. Watch this video to get an idea of what you’ll see.
Get our newsletter: Learn about newly released products and see where you can meet us at user group conferences.
Participate in a feedback session: Join a focus group or customer feedback session to get an early look at user experience designs for
the next generation of software, and provide your thoughts on how well it will work.
Join
the OUAB:
The Oracle Usability Advisory Board meets several times a year to discuss trends in
the workforce and provide direction on user experience designs.
UX Direct: Use
the same methods that Oracle uses to develop its own user experiences. We help you define your users and their needs, and then provide direction on how to tailor
the best user experience you can for them.
For Developers (customers, partners, and consultants): Plinio Arbizu, SP Solutions, Richard Bingham, Oracle, Balaji Kamepalli, EiSTechnoogies, Praveen Pillalamarri, EiSTechnologies
How to Build Great-Looking, Usable Apps: This workshop is for attendees with a strong technology background who are looking for ways to tailor customer software using ADF. It includes an introduction to UX design patterns and provides tools to build usability-tested UX designs. See above for dates and times.
UX design patterns web site: Cut
the length of your project down by months. Use these patterns to build out
the task flow you need to develop for your users.
The patterns have already been usability-tested and represent
the best practices that
the Oracle UX research team has found in its studies.
UX Direct: Use
the same methods that Oracle uses to develop its own user experiences. We help you define your users and their needs, and then provide direction on how to tailor
the best user experience you can for them.
For Oracle Sales Mike Klein, Jeremy Ashley, Brent White, Oracle
Contact your local sales person for more information about
the Oracle user experience and
the training available from
the Applications User Experience Communications & Outreach team.
See customer-friendly user experience collateral ranging from
the new simplified UI in Oracle Fusion Applications Release 7, to E-Business Suite user experience highlights, to Siebel, PeopleSoft, and JD Edwards user experience highlights.
Receive access to
the same pre-sales and implementation training we provide to partners.
For Oracle Sales only: Oracle-only training on
the Oracle Fusion Applications UX Innovation Sales Kit.
