Newput Approach

Getting Real Newput has a well-defined and flexible process that we apply to all our projects. The process is derived from Getting Real. Getting Real is a smaller, faster, better way to build a successful web app.

  • Getting Real starts with the interface, the real screens that people are going to use. It begins with what the customer actually experiences and builds backwards from there. This lets you get the interface right before you get the software wrong.
  • Getting Real is about iterations and lowering the cost of change. Getting Real is all about launching, tweaking, and constant improving which makes it a perfect approach for web-based software.

Requirements Gathering and Documentation

 This phase consists of gathering the user requirements for the product. The work in this service involves:
  1. Studying any existing documentation
  2. Reviewing web sites with similar goals
  3. Building a set of user personas
  4. Defining user scenarios
  5. Consulting with the resident domain experts on personas and user scenarios
  6. Documenting user personas and scenarios

Product Requirements Document

This document includes a section defining the user personas for the product as well as task flow diagrams with text descriptions for each major usage scenario.

Building Wireframes and Iterating on Design

 This phase involves designing the UI with wireframes, meeting with the domain experts to get feedback, and iterating on the design.

UI Design Document

This document includes a wireframe for each screen and textual description of the activities performed on it.

Creating High-Fidelity Screen Mockups

 This phase involves the creation of high-fidelity screen mockups using Photoshop for each wireframe.

Implementation

 Newput provides full-service implementation of Web-based applications and products espcially Rich Internet Applications (RIA) using cutting edge technologies such as AJAX, Adobe Flex 2 and OpenLaszlo on the client side and J2EE/JSP or .Net on the server side.