Amit

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Professional projects...as of March 2010

These are the projects done professionally for companies or organizations, they are generally based on industry requirements and inputs thereby:

IxD and Interface Design of Widgets/Apps

at Opera Software India - Chandigarh

From initial ideation, wireframing to following up of final development and launch of the widgets for desktop and TV, in an agile environment. Also included feature analysis and user Interface reviews during development.

UX Analysis and Review of Widgets

at Opera Software India - Chandigarh

Along with the end user, a good community of users in opera are also widget developers.The developer community needs to be given tools which enhance their efficiency and simplify widget production.

IxD Analysis and exploration for TV widgets

at Opera Software India - Chandigarh

As a cross device compatible browser Opera is portable on Television sets too. One of the key challenges with widgets on TV is text entry using TV remote.

Design of Career Enablement Web Portal

at Illumine Knowledge Resources - Mumbai

Designed the career building web application.This included the information/knowledge architecture, interaction of the complete application and the interface design for the same.All this was done understanding the business model of the application.

Gesture Based Interactions for Exploratory Learning

at Hewlett Packard Labs - Bangalore

Designed gesture based interaction techniques for an application that aids in exploratory learning. The project was undertaken at HP Labs, Bangalore. The project involved the complete design process from user research, conceptalization to prototyping.

Design of Fossil Interpretation Center

at GEER Foundation (for NID)- Gandhinagar

The Project involved initial domain understanding, information hierarchy, exhibition space design and experiential design of the park. This was a live project and the park is currently underconstruction with the proposed design.

Bugs Studio: Testing application redesign

at MAQ Software- Mumbai

Bugs Studio was a bug logging tool for testers to communicate bugs to the development teams.This was my first experience at Interface Design. Learnt the basics of Wireframing and taskflows in the project.

CMM Diagrams/ InfoGraphics

at MAQ Software- Mumbai

The main aim of this project was to convert different CMM processes with which the company worked into visual representations so that they allow easy understanding and comprehension of the company process.

Software Testing Projects

at MAQ Software- Mumbai

Some of my initial industry experience included Software Testing for Microsoft applications.These included desktop and web based applications, which included writing Test Plans, Test cases, Execution and reporting

Design and Development of Fault Booking System

at BSNL- Mumbai

This was my Engineering Final year Project. It included study of Managed Leased Line Networks and the design of a web based complaint redressal system. Along with design it also included development of the project.