Design & Development For The 2020s

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Design & Development for the 2020s

PAUL M C ALEER & STEVE TONKINSHAREPOINT FEST DENVER 2016


Introductions

Paul McAleerDenver UX Lead

Steve TonkinDenver SharePoint Lead

We are a design and technology company.

Our business model is simple:We hire designers and developersto solve problems and make things.

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What can we learn from the past and present to apply to

the future in order to make the very best products possible?


Our Guide to Time Travel

1.Looking into the Past: 20062.Today: 20163.Back to the Future: 2026

4.The connections & what we’ve learned


2006


Web 2.0 and AJAX

More interactivity on the frontendWikis and folksonomiesDesign beyond the browserCommunitiesAPIs


The early days of social

News Corp bought MySpaceYahoo! (with the “!”) bought flickr & delicious


RSS was the new hotness

Google Reader had launched in 2005Apple incorporated RSS support into Safari


Tagging was everywhere

Building on the theme of user contentA precursor to hashtagsFolksonomiesFlickr set the standard


Seeds of responsive design

Target screen size was 1024x768Scrolling and long pages were weirdBreakpoints starting to grow and shift


RSS was the new hotness

Area Sites were STILL the hotness

Primary tool for collaboration in the corporate world


Tagging was EVERYWHERE

The beginnings of metadata in SharePoint were available but difficult to use and adopt


Important changes

SP 2007 would introduce:• Active Directory Integration• PowerShell• RSS/Blog/Wiki• Enterprise Search/Content Management


Custom code

To get around limitations, lots of custom development was needed to make collaboration possible


2016


Expectations are higher than ever

Consumer tech sets the standardEnterprise tech is viewed as outdated“We want to be like Apple!”


Mobile & responsive is a given

No excuse for a laptop-only siteNo excuse for a limited feature mobile siteThe rise of the “mobile only” class, both in the US and globally


Content matters most

User-generated contentCurated contentContextually-aware content (what matters most when)


UX is hot… and actually drives value

“Bad UX” is a common shorthand“Good UX” is measurableUX must include researchUX is not UI


Content-first development

Delivery

Mechanism

Content

Foundational Technology

User Input, Taxonomies

SQL, SP, BI, CRM

RSS, Newsfeeds, CQWP, CSWP


Moving to the cloud Leveraging Azure storage for serversSingle-Tenant Global StorageCSOM, PowerShell for AzureAD, Exchange, SharePoint Online, and Skype


Mobile-first development

Technical design with mobile at forefrontMobile with ‘Out of the Box’ functionalityiOS, Android, Windows


2026


Devices go away

IoT gives rise to just Things… but everything is connectedWe truly break free of today’s screen constraintsDesigning is going to be a blast


Virtual assistants carry the burden

Voice interfacesManaging rudiments of the day for usAlways available everywhere


Augmented reality grows

Technology becomes cheaper, more availableFirst practical applications appearHighly useful for work


Where do we even start?

Look to the past for help…


SharePoint Release Stats

2007 2010 20130

13

21

0

14

27

0

3 3

0

5

7

0

6

10

0

4 4

Added Features Over Time

Collaboration Content Management External Connections Farm Management Mobile Integration User Interface


What about features we lost?

2007 2010 20130

8

10

0

12

9

0

3 3

0 0

2

0

6

10

0

2

0

Net Features Over Time

Collaboration Content Management External ConnectionsFarm Management Mobile Integration User Interface


Inferring Stats

The rise of mobileFocusing on content and enablement of collaborationThe difference made with Office 365


The Connections


Features and functionality must be driven by an understanding of users’ needs and desires.

And, these will change over time.


A sound digital strategy provides a successful foundation for a well-designed experience.


Keep up with what’s happening today, but

separate the trends from the fundamentals.

Thank you!

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