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May 4 through 7, 2008 Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida

USABILITY ACTIVITIES

""Does this new solution make sense? Does it fit how you work? How would you improve the experience?"

Register today for a usability session to work directly with design prototypes and give your feedback to the product design teams.

How to participate

  • Register now via our online scheduler
  • If you work for a company of less than 1,500 employees, you might want to sign up for our Business ByDesign topics
  • Register on site at the Hall B registration desk, located in the Orange County Convention Center
  • Register on site at the Usability Room, W312 on Level III

For more information contact Keri Carpenter

Sessions take only an hour and start at these times:

Day and Date
Monday, May 5 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 2:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.
Tuesday, May 6 8:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 3:30 p.m. -
Wednesday, May 7 8:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. - - -

Usability Activities
The following lists the product teams that are looking for feedback:

Station Solution Area Product Team Who Should Participate
1 HCM Performance Management Managers familiar with an annual performance management process (objective setting and appraisals process)
2 PLM Product-Centric View Product engineers, product managers, portfolio managers, sales force, and strategy planners
3 SRM Noncatalog Purchasing Individuals involved in the purchase of products or services that were unavailable in their company catalog
4 Retail Promotions in Retail IT or merchandising departments in retail that are responsible for creating retail promotional offers
5 HCM Talent Management Individuals involved with talent review meetings: typical roles include managers and HR talent management specialists
6 FIN CPS Those involved with corporate accounting, basis administrators, and those interested in automating their closing processes across the enterprise with the SAP Central Process Scheduling application by Redwood
7 GRC Access Control Business analysts and security administrators with an understanding of access requests, role creation, and management of segregation of duties
8 SAP NetWeaver Composite Applications Development architects, senior developers, and senior IT analysts who turn functional requirements into technical specifications
9 BPEM Business Process Management - Process Desk Individuals familiar with some sort of business processes, such as general approval processes, HR or financial processes, and so on
10 Cross-Solution User Experience Midlevel managers who need to answer business questions, respond to requests, and provide routine insights into their area of responsibility and who monitor and coordinate resources and activities
11 ERP Sales Order Management Sales representatives
13 SRM Self-Service Shopping Anyone who uses electronic or Web catalogs for purchasing activities
14 SRM Service Procurement Operational purchasers or purchasing managers who have monthly experience manipulating structured and hierarchical item lists within business objects, such as requests for quotation or information, contracts, purchase orders, and so on
15 ASUG ASUG Web Site Testing Those who want to offer feedback about the ASUG.com Web site
16 MDM Master Data Management Individuals with experience in working with master data
18 RFID High-Value Asset Tracking Asset managers, logistics managers, supply chain managers, and cold chain controllers who are interested in serialization, tracking, tracing, authentication, and analytics for high-value assets and products (including cold chain)
19 SCM Transportation Planning Individuals with transportation planning experience
20 SAP NetWeaver Collaborative Portal Any conference attendee

SAP Business ByDesign Track
This year we have dedicated stations for feedback from conference attendees from small and midsize enterprises, companies generally defined as having fewer than 1,500 employees.

Station Product Team Who Should Participate
21 Analytical Content Business area managers from small or midsize enterprises who deal with analytical content as part of a manager's work center
22 Opportunity Management Individuals with management experience related to sales pipeline activities, including sales opportunity creation, maintenance and monitoring, and the sales opportunity life cycle
23 Service Order Processing Attendees who know how to work along the service process life cycle that includes service calls, service deliveries, dispatching, and planning
24 Execution Confirmation Attendees with experience in logistics, manufacturing, or quality assurance and who know how front-line workers in these areas confirm execution and report deviations in an IT-enabled environment
25 Advanced Shopping Cart Attendees who communicate with their purchasing department to order goods and services
26 Payment Process Individuals responsible for the payment processes of a small or midsize company and payment process owners, such as account payable accountants or heads of finance
27 Product Life Cycle Management Individuals responsible for the new product introduction process and for the engineering change management process
28 Resource Pool Management Resource or project managers experienced in staffing projects with external and internal resources
29 Continuous Change After a Go-Live Power users from companies with fewer than 1,500 employees who use a finance, sales, or logistics solution in daily business – preferably SAP Business One
30 Standard Forms Individuals in sales and procurement departments who work with sales orders and invoices
31 Innovative User Interface - Semantic Browser Individuals familiar with managing service requests, managing sales, and so on
32 Enhanced Navigation and Visualization Individuals familiar with managing service requests, managing sales, and so on
33 Business Center Current SAP Business ByDesign prospects or customers

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