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Welcome to the wiki of the OpenOffice.org Renaissance Project.

Our Mission

“Create a User Interface so that OpenOffice.org becomes the users' choice not only out of need, but also out of desire”

Project Charter

• The problem statement - What are the challenges of the current User Interface?
• The mission statement - What is our mission?
• The goal statement - What we plan to achieve.
• The scope - What is the focus of this project?
• The roadmap - How do we plan to proceed?

Project Phases

• Research - Know and understand OpenOffice.org users to better meet their needs.
• Design - Generate and accumulate design ideas to create prototypes based on valid data.
• Evaluate - Evaluate promissing solutions.

Project Action Items

{ |border="0" |+ |- bgcolor="lightgrey " ! width="25%" Phase item / Description !! Owner !! Status !! Results !! Outcome !! Compete !! Due Date |- | OpenOffice.org user survey / OpenOffice.org User Survey Results 2008. || FL/CJ || in progress || - Survey Results || || 90% || January 2009 |- | IsoMetrics Results / IsoMetrics-S Survey Results from VBG. || AB || in progress || - IsoMetrics Results || || || End of January 2009 |- | ODF document analysis with ODFTOOLKIT / First attempt to create an ODF analyzer. || AB || in progress || - ODF document analysis with ODFTOOLKIT || || 10% || |- | enhance OpenOffice.org user survey to ask users for tasks they do with OOo || FL || in progress || || || 20% || End of January 2009 |- | Usage tracking (3.0.1 release) || CJ || in progress || || || 80% || End of January 2009 |- | Usage tracking (3.1 release) || CJ || in progress || || || 50% || same as OOo 3.1 release |- | Ethnogrphic interviews || AB || new || || || || Mid of April 2009 |- | CA (Competitive Analysis) || BH || in progress || || || 20% || Mid of March 2009 |- | Community feedback || || in progress || unsorted Feedback on mailing list ui@ux.openoffice.org || || || |- | Customer feedback || open || || || || || |- | Focus groups || open || || || || || |- | RFE's || || || || || || |- | Site visits, user and customer satisfaction || || || || || || |}

General Information

• The Team - The People Behind Project Renaissance
• Presentations - Presentations
• Status Meetings - Renaissance Status Meetings
• Press Coverage - Project Renaissance Press Coverage
• User Experience Books - Valuable literature on User Experience topics
• User Experience Sites - Valuable links to User Experience sites

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

• Frequently Asked Questions - Answers on Frequently Asked Questions

How You Can Help

Get Involved

• Join the UX project! Just have a look at How To Join.
• Come chat at #ux.openoffice.org on irc.freenode.net.
• Join the weekly status meetings. The meeting takes place on IRC at #ux.openoffice.org on irc.freenode.net. The meeting is scheduled for 4pm CET.

Share Ideas

Join our project mailing list ui@ux.openoffice.org

Fix bugs

• Actual Requests For Enhancements or Bugs with the keyword Usability.