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Visa:
AssetCenter Web
Visa’s Asset Management Group currently uses a third party
asset management application called AssetCenter. AssetCenter
has two versions: (1) the desktop client and (2) the web version.
The web version’s user interface (UI) lacks the richness
that exists in the thick client version. Users have to navigate
through several web pages (at times back and forth for search
and update) to do their day-to-day tasks. Visa wanted to improve
on the web UI for AssetCenter.
Project Objectives:
The goal of the Visa AssetCenter Web User Interface (UI) Proof-of-Concept
(POC) Project is to deliver/mimic the same experience on a browser
as in the AssetCenter desktop client within an aggressive development
period (6 weeks). The functionality earmarked for this project
included:
- User authentication
- Menu bars
- Tool bars
- Status Bars
- Icons
- Tool tips (mouse over descriptions)
- No filter/Simple Filter Views
- Tabbed panes
- Nested tabbed panes
- Interactive Form Fields
JWAY's Solution:
JWAY accomplished the AssetCenter Web UI POC Project objectives
by developing the web interface using JWAY's Extensible User
Interface Framework (XUI). See Figure 1. In 6 weeks time, JWAY
was able to deliver a richer web interface for Visa's AssetCenter
that mimicked AssetCenter's thick client look-and-feel and functionality.
Technical Features:
- J2EE application
- Tomcat 4.1.12
- JDK 1.4.01
- Windows 2000 SP4 server
- Connected to a production data source backed by an MS
SQL Server database
Results:
The AssetCenter Web UI POC Project was a success. It delivered
the rich web interface that closely mimicked the thick Client
and selected functions. An added bonus to the Visa Asset Management
team was they experienced ease and speed (4 hours of engineering
time) with which XUI was ported to the updated version of the
third party’s AssetCenter. This project is a clear indicator
of XUI’s capability of providing a robust framework for
developing a rich client for a web application saving over 50%
in development time and costs.
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