Thanks everyone for the responses so far! Your suggestions and
encouragement are remarkably helpful to me.
@sarah: Thats a good idea about asking the audience. I will talk to
some designers. Also, the technology is ASP and we will be using
master pages and modules that encapsulate the layou
One of the things I have done for many of our clients with large
enterprise applications is identify the key screen patterns- or key
workflow patterns- for their suite. Like master detail (screen
pattern) or data entry levels deep (workflow pattern).
Then we take a couple of the real screens (for
I'm curious how you developed the standards to begin with. Often, its very
helpful, as you create and evolve a design system, to test out your various
solutions in the real-world context.
Some things that have helped my team are:
1. Have a regular meeting (and perhaps a committee of representative
The good news is: Even a terrible design standard will likely be
better than 6 completely different designs which all get some things
right and everything else wrong.
The core of your job does itself by being a job. So don't worry too
much. Provided you aren't a moron and you know -something- abou
OK, first: deep breath. You sound thoughtful and competent, and I'm sure
the standard is coming along well.
You mention that the project goes live in a few months, and that you
wonder whether it will help other groups. To me, the sensible route
would be to pause what you're doing and ask your audi
Pick the big five. The big five factors that standardized will help
the company the most AND showcase how good design helps.
You can't solve the worlds (or your companies) problems all in one day
(or project.)
Iterations, my friend, iterations.
Also - document. Afterwards, document how things
I've been tasked with creating a new UI standard for my company. I
thought it would be a great project for me, one that would allow me
to exercise my usability skills and give me the means to convince
people about the virtues of user-centered design (something lacking
here). But, nine months late
