Thanks for the case studies, Paul. My experience is similar to yours - nothing will trump the importance of user research and other discovery and user-centered activities to shape the needs of the portal solution to the specific organization.
Still, do you not find repeating patterns among these solutions? I certainly have. I've found, for example, effective ways to organize documents, rather than having them scattered throughout the portal. And I've discovered effective ways to enable access to portlet-level content. So far I've found design approaches to these and certain other challenges as universal. Documenting these may be of limited benefit to a consultant who is already experienced in portal design, but there are many people tasked with UI design of portal technologies who have far more limited skills and experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47479 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
