1. Usability Lab 2002 Cascade Kick-Off Meeting User Requirements - Web Site Design Multimedia Interface to Material Databases Flavio Fontana (Ulab) fontana@casaccia.enea.it 14-15 th Feb 2002, Bologna, Italy

2. Usability Lab 2002 ENEA Web Site Activity Plan Web Site Information Model, its goals and functionality User Requirements Analysis Technical Specifications according to the Usability Methodology Cascade Web Site Architecture Cascade Web Site Multimedia Information Guidelines Cascade Web Site General Management Web and Advanced Visual Interface to Material Databases

3. Usability Lab 2002 General Aspects The complex structure of a “Web Site“ will be distributed. Its functions and the management would be in relation to both the LCA Theme and the future new information technologies. Cascade Goals To create a new LCA information market and to offer new products (value added services) and, at the same time, to assure flexibility in responding to the user requirements. Web Site Model

4. Usability Lab 2002 Cascade Web Site Model & Networks Extranet communication and services knowledge integration (partners, etc.) data exchange Extranet communication and services knowledge integration (partners, etc.) data exchange Intranet internal communication collaboration work Intranet internal communication collaboration work Internet institutional and product communication public relations and services e-commerce Internet institutional and product communication public relations and services e-commerce Cascade Web Site Cascade Web Site

5. Usability Lab 2002 User Requirements and Multimedia Interface The User Requirements activity will regard: To identify User classes To meet Users to define their requirements To organise technical working groups To identify the technical resources to implement the Web Site and its Web-DB applications

6. Usability Lab 2002 General requirements Functional requirements Technical requirements User Requirements Analysis

7. Usability Lab 2002 Visual Interface Usability Evaluation Methods User Question-Asking Human/Computer Operational Observation Personal Operation Experience Makeup evaluation Review of Detailed Design Prototype Testing Human Factors Experiment Case Studies Field Evaluation

8. Usability Lab 2002 Visual Interface Potential Critical Success Factors which can be measured Should a system (product) be: effective efficient in use satisfying to use usable with acceptable mental effort easy to install easy to learn flexible to use adaptable for different contexts

9. Usability Lab 2002 Cascade Web Site Architecture AVIWeb Server Client Central Database Local Database WS 1,2,...,n DB 1 Communication Manager Module WS 1 WS 2 WSn InternetIntranet Service Network Extranet Users Browser AVI DB Manager & Interface Interface & Setup Interface & Setup Interface & Setup DB 2 DB n Advanced Visual Interface

10. Usability Lab 2002 Cascade Web Site Information Cascade Web Site is an information service on the Project and its LCA innovation. It offers easy access to the results information of the Cascade Project. Cascade Web Site provides multimedia showcases of LCA results which are arranged so as to make it as easy as possible for the general public, the scientific and the business community to find what they need. There are two Cascade Web Sites the first is a public Web, instead the second, is reserved for the Cascade Partners.

11. Usability Lab 2002 Cascade Web Site Design Guidelines The design guidelines consist of three parts (A, B, C), the first provides a general description of the Web and the Web-DB applications. A.General description of the Web and Web-DBs Appl. B. To establish the Web Information Sections C. Multimedia Content Spefications

12. Usability Lab 2002 Web Site Sections  Project information  Project documentation (Doc. Repository, Project Results)  General Information  News (Events, Meetings, etc.)  Multimedia Information (Interviews, Trailers, Flash Demos)  Virtual Meetings & Seminars  Target Groups (User registration, Users Groups, FAQs, Forum)  Technical Services ( FTP Secure Server, DB Visual Interface, Utilities &Tools)  Distance Learning (ODL) and Terminology Repository  Partners  Links  Other

13. Usability Lab 2002 Cascade Web Site Mapping Home Page (Languages) Home Page (Languages) Project Information Project Information General Information General Information Technical Services Technical Services Target Groups Target GroupsNews Multimedia Information Multimedia InformationPartners E-mail address E-mail Service Material Databases Interface Material Databases Interface Utilities Users Forum FAQs 4325678 0 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 5.3 Links 9 Trailers Videos Flash Demos 7.1 7.2 7.3 Technical SectionsCustomer Sections Virtual Meetings Virtual Meetings 31 Project Documentation Project Documentation 1.1 Distance Learning (ODL) Distance Learning (ODL) User Reg.

14. Usability Lab 2002 Web Site Top Layout NewsReseved AreaMultimediaWeb Navigation

15. Usability Lab 2002 IconicCascade Home Page Home Page Web Site HP Layout

16. Usability Lab 2002 Integrated Visual Interface Web Site Navigation Java Visual Interface to Material DBs