VISIT US AT ORACLE OPENWORLD: To get a look at the many customer-facing activities coming from the Applications User Experience (UX) team during Oracle OpenWorld 2014, in San Francisco from Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, visit the Usable Apps Events page.
Recruiting for the on-site usability labs has kicked off. Sign up for a session on the Oracle OpenWorld blog. More information about the on-site usability labs and how to book a tour during OpenWorld of the usability labs at HQ are also available on the Voice of User Experience, or VoX, blog.
Information about three exclusive events, for partners and sales reps as well as escorted customers under Oracle’s non-disclosure agreement, is also posted on VoX in “See the latest Applications Cloud user experiences at Oracle OpenWorld.”
If you want a preview of some of the key ideas that will appear in OpenWorld sessions on the strategy and roadmap of Oracle’s Applications User Experience, head to the Usable Apps YouTube channel for three new videos:
• User Experience Strategy: Simplicity, Mobility, Extensibility
• User Interface vs. User Experience
• UX Design Philosophy: Glance, Scan, Commit
OFFER FEEDBACK ON THE ORACLE SALES CLOUD: The Oracle Sales Cloud user experience team will be conducting feedback sessions on designs for Territory Management and Partner Management applications Sept. 25-26, just before Oracle OpenWorld 2014.
If you fit one of the following roles, we need your feedback! Participant profiles include business systems analysts, sales operations, sales managers, channel managers, and partner roles. Sessions will be held on-site at Oracle headquarters and through remote sessions.
Territory Management activities will include:
• Defining sales territories for sales organization
• Maintaining territories for sales representatives (for example, reassign territories)
• Analyzing territory information (for example, coverage)
Partner Management activities will include:
• Creating and maintaining partner accounts or partner users
• Managing leads and opportunities as a partner, through a partner application
• Managing leads and opportunities that your partners are working on
• Analyzing partner performance
Sign up to attend one or both sessions until Sept. 12, 2014. Contact Georgia.Price@oracle.com for more information.
ORACLE SALES CLOUD HIGHLIGHTS: See our new release 8 post on the Voice of User Experience, or VoX, blog called “‘Simple is the new cool’ in the Oracle Sales Cloud user experience.”
ORACLE VOICE: Vinay Dwivedi and Anna Wichansky write about Oracle Voice for the Oracle Sales Cloud, which was released in late July, in the Voice of User Experience, or VoX, blog. The post, “Oracle Extends Investment in Cloud User Experiences with Oracle Voice for Sales Cloud,” describes the user experience and links to a demo.