Overview > Case Studies > User Interface Enhancement: Visa AssetCenter & XUI


Visa's Asset Management Group currently uses a third party asset management application called AssetCenter. AssetCenter has two versions: (1) the desktop client and (2) the web version. The web version's user interface (UI) lacks the richness found in the thick client version. Users have to navigate through several web pages (at times back and forth for search and update) to do their day-to-day tasks. Visa wanted to improve on the web UI for AssetCenter.

Objective of the Project:

The goal of the Visa AssetCenter Web User Interface (UI) Proof-of-Concept (POC) Project was to deliver and mimic the same experience on a browser as in the AssetCenter desktop client within an aggressive development period. The functionality earmarked for this project included:

• User authentication
• Menu bars
• Tool bars
• Status Bars
• Icons
• Tool tips (mouse over descriptions)
• No filter/Simple Filter Views
• Tabbed panes
• Nested tabbed panes
• Interactive Form Fields

JWAY's Solution:

JWAY accomplished the AssetCenter Web UI POC Project objectives by developing the web interface using JWAY's Extensible User Interface Framework (XUI). See Figure 1. In 6 weeks, JWAY delivered a richer web interface for Visa's AssetCenter that mimicked AssetCenter's thick client look-and-feel and functionality.

Technical Features:

• J2EE application
• Tomcat 4.1.12
• JDK 1.4.01
• Windows 2000 SP4 server
• MS SQL Server database

Results:

The AssetCenter Web UI POC Project was a success. It delivered the rich web interface that closely mimicked the thick Client and selected functions. An added bonus to the Visa Asset Management team was they experienced ease and speed (4 hours of engineering time) with which XUI was ported to the updated version of the third party's AssetCenter. This project is a clear indicator of XUI's capability of providing a robust framework for developing a rich client for a web application saving over 50% in development time and costs.

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