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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.
  • UX methods background - Some information about UX methods for this phase.

Action Items

Phase item / Description	Owner	Status	Results	Outcome	Compete	Due Date
OpenOffice.org user survey / OpenOffice.org User Survey Results 2008. !! FL/CJ !! in progress !! !! !! 90% !! January 2009
IsoMetrics Results / IsoMetrics-S Survey Results from VBG. !! AB !! in progress !! !! !! !! End of January 2009
ODF document analysis with ODFTOOLKIT / First attempt to create an ODF analyzer. !! AB !! in progress  !! !! !! 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

• • OpenOffice.org User Survey Results - OpenOffice.org User Survey Results 2008.
  • IsoMetrics Results - IsoMetrics-S Survey Results from VBG.
  • ODF document analysis with ODFTOOLKIT - First attempt to create an ODF analyzer.
• Design - Generate and accumulate design ideas to create prototypes based on valid data.
• Evaluate - Evaluate promissing solutions.

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/Share Ideas

• You may join the UX project, just have a look at How To Join.
• A first contact to the team can be established in the IRC 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 meetings is scheduled for 4pm CET.

Share Ideas

Share your cool user interface ideas on ui@ux.openoffice.org

Fix bugs

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