Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces Advanced Herd Management Thomas N. Madsen Technology | Network | Management Advanced Herd Management - Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces Outline • GUI Design – Making the Right Choices Case Examples: • SimHerd • FarmOnline • Pig Management Project • Pig Management - Case Examples of GUI design 2 Advanced Herd Management - Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces Not Dedicating Ressources to Design Results: 1.No one will understand your program – Worst case scenario, users will give up using your application. Causes: 1.Lack of graphical representation of your applications underlying logical structure , which should give the user an intuitive comprehension of your application. 2.Functionality and interaction/navigation will be placed randomly in your application, making it difficult for users to find what they are looking for. 3
Advanced Herd Management - Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces GUI Design Making the Right Choices 4 Advanced Herd Management - Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces GUI – The Graphical User Interface Consists of: 1.Visual representation 2.Navigation and Interaction The GUI operates as a communication platform between the user and the underlying logical design of a program. Thus the design of the GUI can be based on either: 1.(Random choices as the program evolves – worst case!) 2.The system architecture 3.The user User-centered design is the only way forward! 5 Advanced Herd Management - Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces Good GUI Design Principals 1. User-centered GUI design – The GUI should reflect the user’s needs (not the system architecture). Functionality which will be used more frequently by the user should be more easily accessible in the GUI. 2. User archetypes – the GUI design should encompass each user archetype. 3. Abstraction layers – Organise the program functionality beneath well and logically abstracted ”layers”, e.g. divide functionality into Categories/Subcategories in order to provide the user with a drastically simplified overview of the program. 4. Keep it Simple – ”Less is More!”, prioritize, e.g. never display too much information at once. The user will not know where to start looking. 6
Advanced Herd Management - Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces Case: SimHerd Simulation of Management Strategies in Dairy Herds 7 Advanced Herd Management - Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces Case: SimHerd Simulation of Management Strategies in Dairy Herds • Phase 1 – Pascal Solution • Phase 2 – MS Excell Solution • Phase 3 – GUI Design and Implementation by TNM A/S 8 Advanced Herd Management - Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces SimHerd: Phase 1 – Pascal Solution 9
Advanced Herd Management - Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces SimHerd: Phase 2 – MS Excell Solution 10 Advanced Herd Management - Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces SimHerd: Phase 3 – GUI by TNM A/S User Archetypes : Veterinarians (basic IT-knowledge). User-Centered Design - Requirements : 1.A veterinarian will need to work with many farms. 2.Each farm will have some basic information/data, simulations will be based on. This information/data can change with time. 3.Many simulations can be done on each farm. User-Centered Design - Solutions: 1.Overview of all farms 2.Overview farm data and simulation process. 3.Distinction between farm data and simulations. Abstraction Layers: ”All Farms” > ”Farm” (+ simulation process menu) > ”Farm Setup” / ”Simulation Setup” Keep it Simple: Display of information is simplified by using tabs and collapsable menu systems. 11 Advanced Herd Management - Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces Case: FarmOnline Monitoring Climatic Conditions in Pig Herds 12
Advanced Herd Management - Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces Case: Pig Management Project Developing a complete modern management system for pig herds using advanced herd management theory. 13 Advanced Herd Management - Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces Case: Agrosoft Pigmanagement software 14 Advanced Herd Management - Implementation, Visualization and User Interfaces 15
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