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Internal work-management system

We built the screens of an internal work-management system where staff at a national testing and certification body handle administrative and management work in one place. Staff use these screens every day, so any confusing flow or unsteady behavior turns into friction that piles up daily. Our part covered the screen structure that gathers many work functions into one system, the entry, search, list, and detail screens, and controls that work like a desktop application inside the web browser.

Launch
2009
Client
A national testing and certification body
Type
Business Systems

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A screen structure for handling many kinds of work in one system

The internal work-management system was built so that the administrative and management functions an organization runs on are handled in one system. We laid out the structure of the main screens so that many different work functions could be used inside that single system. The rule for the structure was that, however many functions were added, staff should never lose track of which task they were looking at.

A screen structure for handling many kinds of work in one system
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Work screens that flow from entry through to detail

Administrative and management work usually follows the same order: enter, search, pick from a list, check the details. While implementing the entry, search, list, and detail screens of the internal work-management system, we arranged them so the move from one screen to the next was always clear. Only when an item picked from a list carries straight into its detail, and the way back to the list is clear, does repeating the same work daily involve no wasted steps.

Work screens that flow from entry through to detail
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Stability measured against the person who uses it every day

Internal work screens are where the same staff repeat the same tasks every day. So we put a clear flow and steady behavior ahead of anything eye-catching. People who use a system daily stay fresh only when the order they learned once keeps working and every action gives the same result each time.

Stability measured against the person who uses it every day
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Controls that behave like a desktop application inside the browser

The internal work-management system opens in a web browser, yet it was built so complex work functions could be used like a desktop application. We developed the work screens and controls using reusable screen components and handling for user actions. Staff need no separate installation at each desk; any browser opens the same screens.

Controls that behave like a desktop application inside the browser

Highlights

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A screen structure that gathers administrative and management functions into one system

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Work screens that run from entry and search to lists and detail views

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Controls that work like a desktop application in the web browser

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