Microsoft Windows Group Policy Guide or The Elements of User Experience

Microsoft Windows Group Policy Guide

Author: Darren Mar Elia

Get the in-depth information you need to use Group Policy to administer your enterprise system-direct from industry experts and the Microsoft Group Policy team. With Group Policy and Active Directory® directory service, administrators can take advantage of policy-based management to streamline the administration of users and computers throughout the enterprise-from servers running Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server to workstations running Windows XP Professional or Windows 2000 Professional. This essential resource explains how to simplify and automate administrative tasks, including policy enforcement, system updates, and software installations, as well as how to centralize the management of network resources. The CD provides essential utilities, custom ADMs, GPO spreadsheets, and more. It's everything you need to help increase your efficiency while bolstering user productivity, security services, and system reliability.

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The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web

Author: Jesse James Garrett

Smart organizations recognize that Web design is more than just creating clean code and sharp graphics. A site that really works fulfills your strategic objectives while meeting the needs of your users. Even the best content and the most sophisticated technology won't help you balance those goals without a cohesive, consistent user experience to support it.

But creating the user experience can seem overwhelmingly complex. With so many issues involved-usability, brand identity, information architecture, interaction design-it can seem as if the only way to build a successful site is to spend a fortune on specialists who understand all the details.

The Elements of User Experience cuts through the complexity of user-centered design for the Web with clear explanations and vivid illustrations that focus on ideas rather than tools or techniques. Jesse James Garrett gives readers the big picture of Web user experience development, from strategy and requirements to information architecture and visual design. This accessible introduction helps any Web development team, large or small, to create a successful user experience.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	User Experience and Why It Matters	6
Ch. 2	Meet the Elements	20
Ch. 3	The Strategy Plane: Site Objectives and User Needs	38
Ch. 4	The Scope Plane: Functional Specifications and Content Requirements	60
Ch. 5	The Structure Plane: Interaction Design and Information Architecture	84
Ch. 6	The Skeleton Plane: Interface Design, Navigation Design, and Information Design	112
Ch. 7	The Surface Plane: Visual Design	140
Ch. 8	The Elements Applied	160
	Index	176