1. Thoughts about Libre Office design process (part 7 : schedule)

   The most unbelievable part in the current design process is the total lack of schedule !

   On the opposite, if we look at the dev process, the schedule is very well defined : https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan and https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan/4.1 and https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan ...

2. Thoughts about Libre Office design process (part 6 : tools & workflow)

   My proposal covers also the tools for the design process.

   Mockups

   Here are different tools to create UX mockups :

   • A lot of companies use Balsamiq, but there is no more free (0$) version
   • in order to "eat our own dog food", we could use Draw + gallery extension to provide basic ...

3. Thoughts about Libre Office design process (part 5 : proposal)

   My proposal for the design process is in 3 steps :

   • Step 1 and Step 2 are executed at a regular interval, every year or two years,
   • Step 3 is executed for every design subject.

   STEP 1 : Goals

   The TDF board/ESC should define goals/objectives/roadmap for future versions (see ...

4. Thoughts about Libre Office design process (part 4 : teams)

   My proposal is to create a new design team for UX design only. There will be :

   • the current team for visual identity, graphics, artwork, branding material
   • a new one for UX design

   The UX team must have core members, with proven skills and knowledge in UX design, and be certified ...

5. Thoughts about Libre Office design process (part 3 : analysis)

   Someone has to say it loud : the current design process is very weak, and lacks some professional behavior :

   • No roadmap

     Papercuts are ok, but they are only short term. LO needs short term AND mid term AND long term design projects. Sometimes, new proposals may override previous work because of ...

6. Thoughts about Libre Office design process (part 2 : other projects)

   This article is a list of references, links about design process. My future proposals are based on work and reflexions made by specialist about UX design. (bold emphasis are mine)

   Design process by Nielsen

   http://www.nngroup.com/articles/top-10-application-design-mistakes/

   The only generalizable advice is this: rather than rely on ...

7. Thoughts about Libre Office design process (part 1 : the context)

   Hi, I wanted to share with you some reflexions and proposals to enhance the design process.

   As it's a rather long post, I've split it in several parts :

   • part 1 : the context (the current part)
   • part 2 : other projects
   • part 3 : analysis
   • part 4 : teams
   • part 5 : proposal ...

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