XPDesigner: Full application simulation, no programming

XPDesigner brings your software to life - no programming required

XPDesigner allows you to have a fully simulated business application with no programming quickly and effectively. This solution provides you with a working blueprint of your application before a single line of code is written or a solution is purchased.

Now your users and stakeholders can fully evaluate your chosen application with a functioning, visual user interface giving you constructive feedback to drive your business and validate your strategic decisions.

With XPDesigner you can test an application design or trial enhancements before you implement. Avoid the time delays of constant design changes; ensure the application will deliver a clear return on investment; be assured that your final software choice has the full buy-in of your users and stakeholders.

XPDesigner minimises risk in IT projects:

Prove the application will work, be usable and meet requirements before a solution is purchased or code is written
Deliver a working version of the application in a few months, not years
Output the design Blueprint as a vendor specification — you get the exact solution you want
Stop the endless change requests by getting the application design right, the first time

XPDesigner and high performance user interface design

XPDesigner builds on our world-class user interface design methodology, XPDesign.

The XPDesign process

With XPDesign at the core, you can:

Deliver user interfaces that reduce the number of screens by up to 80%
Make the application easy to learn and use, reduce training and support costs
Improve scalability and flexibility to support change, without wholesale redesign
Stop endless change requests - reduce the total cost of ownership

Key features and benefits

Feature Benefit

Driven by a systematic user interface design methodology to bridge the gap between requirements and design

Quickly and easily create a high quality user interface to fully demonstrate functionality and behaviourQuickly test to confirm it works, is usable and meets requirements, before significant investment is made

Uses rich patterns to speed up design and reinforce standards and consistency

No need to design existing solutions from scratch each time
Design productivity is high, and working results can be demonstrated quickly

Contains a rich pattern library of hundreds of solutions to common UI functional requirements

Existing solutions, proven to be usable, increase consistency and standardisation, creating a better end user experience

Available as a plug in for existing IDE tools

Seamlessly switch between design and development
Better tools and ease of use for programmers designing UIs

Designs complex enterprise applications without programming including extensive databases and business rules

Ease of use for non programmers to design interfaces that reflect business and user requirements
Can design complex applications to demonstrate feasibility before development commences, mitigating risk

Export the entire UI code layer for re-use in other development tools

No need to rebuild interfaces from one environment (e.g. MS Visio) to the target environment

Is purpose built by user interface and usability experts

Easy to use, reflecting the processes used by designers and developers to rapidly produce high quality outputs

Supports HTML, Java, .Net, C++ environments

Supports the most popular application development environments.Re-usable code improves overall code quality

It exports the user interface to an XML compliant language

The UI layer can be re-used in development environments supporting XML-based UI description languages

Availability

XPDesigner is being supported by a $567,000 Commercial Ready Grant from the Australian Government: AusIndustry.

XPDesigner is currently in development, with an expected release date of mid to late 2009 / early 2010.

For more information, please contact PTG Global on
1300 660 973 info@ptg-global.com www.ptg-global.com

Feature	Benefit
Driven by a systematic user interface design methodology to bridge the gap between requirements and design	Quickly and easily create a high quality user interface to fully demonstrate functionality and behaviourQuickly test to confirm it works, is usable and meets requirements, before significant investment is made
Uses rich patterns to speed up design and reinforce standards and consistency	No need to design existing solutions from scratch each time Design productivity is high, and working results can be demonstrated quickly
Contains a rich pattern library of hundreds of solutions to common UI functional requirements	Existing solutions, proven to be usable, increase consistency and standardisation, creating a better end user experience
Available as a plug in for existing IDE tools	Seamlessly switch between design and development Better tools and ease of use for programmers designing UIs
Designs complex enterprise applications without programming including extensive databases and business rules	Ease of use for non programmers to design interfaces that reflect business and user requirements Can design complex applications to demonstrate feasibility before development commences, mitigating risk
Export the entire UI code layer for re-use in other development tools	No need to rebuild interfaces from one environment (e.g. MS Visio) to the target environment
Is purpose built by user interface and usability experts	Easy to use, reflecting the processes used by designers and developers to rapidly produce high quality outputs
Supports HTML, Java, .Net, C++ environments	Supports the most popular application development environments.Re-usable code improves overall code quality
It exports the user interface to an XML compliant language	The UI layer can be re-used in development environments supporting XML-based UI description languages