{"id":600,"date":"2006-10-30T01:00:20","date_gmt":"2006-10-30T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=600"},"modified":"2006-10-30T01:00:20","modified_gmt":"2006-10-30T09:00:20","slug":"the-future-of-ui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=600","title":{"rendered":"The Future of UI"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the reasons I write so much about the user interface (UI), portals and SOA is that I believe HR technology\u2019s future is very much about how we engage and increase end user adoption.\u00a0 In an increasingly dispersed global corporate environment, technology must be accessible, consolidated, and easy.\u00a0 These attributes will result in more employees and manager using the tools more often, which means increased productivity, better data and better conveyance of brand and employee engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n

The truth of the matter is that in today\u2019s large decentralized organizations we rely more on print\/web communications and self service applications to affect the employee perception of our organizations than ever before.\u00a0 Poorly developed web brands convey disorganization and complexity no matter how cool the functionality is.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Regarding last week\u2019s discussion on melting pots, salad bowls and UI, check out the Systematic Viewpoint\u2019s<\/a> corporate look at the reality of integrated UI.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We have almost 40 internally developed point solutions. A few of them are big-ticket global apps and many others are specialty items for a particular line of business\u2019 unique needs. We just finished developing a set of interface and design standards for all of them\u2026 I want to get us completely away from application-centric thinking, but honestly nothing can support what I want to build yet. The vendors have to catch up to SOA and so do we with our internal apps. I know this is true because we are using services and SOAP for some of our integration functions. It\u2019s still immature, and I fear that that our vendors worries disintermediation results in partial solutions for a while to come and a lot of custom work on our part. In the meantime, I hope we\u2019re making it easier by going to standard interfaces where we can.\u00a0 ((Systematic Viewpoints, October 27, 2006.\u00a0 \u201cSoup or Salad?\u00a0 How About An Appetizer Instead?\u201d\u00a0 Retrieved from Systematic Viewpoints on October 27, 2006.))<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Quoting Thomas Otter of Vendorprisey<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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If anyone asks me for Netweaver-SOA \u00a0impact evidence,\u00a0 the first thing I point to is the GUI. \u00a0I have commented on Duet,\u00a0AJAX\u00a0and Adobe in an SAP context before.\u00a0 The decoupling of application logic and GUI\u00a0layer has laid the groundwork for\u00a0a lot of innovation and change in application presentation\u2026 I sense that we are moving to a world where the\u00a0GUI will change\u00a0often.\u00a0As new UI concepts emerge, (often from the consumer space) then enterprise applications will\u00a0 adopt them, but without disrupting core application logic. I think we are seeing the start of this now.\u00a0\u00a0 ((Otter, Thomas, October 23, 2006.\u00a0 \u201cThe Future of SAP GUI\u2019s.\u201d\u00a0 Retrieved from Vendorprisey<\/a> on October 27, 2006.))<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Thomas also points to an SAP whitepaper<\/a> on the future of SAP UI and SOA development.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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