Microsoft, eCommerce
Provided an analysis of more than twenty one eCommerce sites and process and report on the flows and standards for Microsoft's new ecommerce platform. Using the study as a baseline then redesign Microsoft's proprietary Order Management (OM) 5.0 interface, by creating wire frames, and mockups, and contributing to functional documentation. The new interface will provide a flexible interface over .NET framework to upgrade more than 100 eCommerce sites, and more easily add new tenants to the highly successful World Wide Operations eCom platform.

Created enduser flows and prototype to visually represent three different business models.

Designed and implemented, in six languages, two major ecommerce sites for Microsoft on existing OM platform (ASP XML) for the Employee Purchase Program, and the Home Use Program.

Advised the program directors on look and feel as well as creating, executing designs, and applying designs to older Order Management system using technical workarounds.

These pages are samples of the variations on design possible with this system we designed, based on ASP.NET, existing Microsoft Order Management eCommerce technology. We recommended more extensive use of CSS (cascading style sheets), including tabless layout.

The proposed new designs, based on the proportions of the golden rectangle (or "Golden Mean") and matching all of Microsoft's business Web design requirements are tested and retested by Blinkia Interface auditors until the user's ratings match refined customer usability needs, as we proposed in the initial presentation to Microsoft management.

In August 2004, we submitted suggested updates to final OM 5 interface design plans.

• Employee Purchase Program
• Home Use Program
  
  (these links lead to secure sites which require userids and passwords to enter)
  
  Some suggested sample photographs are from the Image Bank, and Getty Images.