Name: Amar Surjit
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Bio: Senior Architect, Virtusa. Amar works as a Senior Architect at Virtusa and brings with him over 11 years of experience in IT consulting. He has worked with a variety of clients from different industry verticals. Over the years, Amar has architected large-scale solutions ranging from Enterprise Portals, Web Content and Document management systems, complex integrations and bespoke J2EE, and Microsoft .Net based solutions. Amar’s core competencies include Solution Architecture, Agile delivery, IT consulting & Strategy, Public, Telecom and Transport sector, Major software design & development. Amar is a graduate in Electronics and Communication Engineering.
Posts by asurjit:
- “My business users are not able to understand this new technical tool. What they need is a very simple way to add/edit some text, add images, videos, submit for approvals and publish new stories. We do not need all the technical bells and whistles!”
- “What is the use of this button on this screen? I do not need this. Please remove it!”
- “Why do I need to perform extra 3 clicks to do this task? Why can it not it happen in a single click?”
- “Have you configured this right? I would like to validate it with a product vendor or some external CMS experts to ensure it is correctly configured.”
CMS Usability: 10 Tips to Consider (Part 2)
February 1st, 2012This is a continuation of the previous post on CMS Usability. In the previous post we had touched upon usability issues revolving around CMS Dashboard, Search, and Content Authoring Forms among others.
6) CMS Login: Single Sign on or the ability to login to CMS using your desktop credentials is a must-have requirement for content authors. Even though it is a simple feature, it has a great importance in ensuring a satisfactory user experience.
Most of the content authors do not use CMS solutions on a regular basis. They may need it once a month or sometimes even less than that. It is very likely that they will forget their CMS user id/passwords. The inability to use the CMS solution will cause more barriers in terms of the acceptance of the CMS solution. Read the rest of this entry “
CMS Usability: 10 Tips to Consider (Part 1)
January 20th, 2012Content Management System (CMS) roll outs frequently present many challenges, one of the biggest being usability. Some of the commonly heard customer feedback and queries include:
CMS Usability: 10 Tips to Consider
CMS usability is one of the primary concerns among business users. While rolling out a new CMS platform, it is important to consider CMS usability from the project initiation phase. It should be well integrated into the CMS design process. Below are a few tips and techniques from a CMS usability standpoint to consider while planning and preparing for a CMS rollout Read the rest of this entry “
