SAP has released Build, a new cloud-based prototyping and user research tool, which it says forms a key element of the user experience as a service (UXaaS) on SAP HANA Cloud Platform.
“Today’s digital trends are not just about technology but about uncovering breakthrough innovations to augment human capabilities and improve lives,” said Sam Yen, chief design officer, SAP. “Build aims to be the definitive resource for enterprise design innovation to help an underserved enterprise IT market learn, adopt and scale design thinking and user experience for the digital transformation.”
SAP said business analysts and other non-technical users can use Build to quickly build app prototypes and collect user feedback. This means usability and adoption issue can be addressed in the early phases of app development, and gives developers prototypes they can easily work with.
Build also provides a gallery of application prototypes and templates that can be customised.
Shaun Syversten, managing partner, Convergent IS, which has been using Build, said, “Build is the tool our business users and customers love because they can get involved and provide feedback all the way through the design process to ensure the solution meets their needs. The tool is what our development team needs to scale our overall UX and application factory.”
