Designing a mobile web tool for sugarcane growers

Authors

  • Hernán Felipe Silva Cerón Centro de Investigación de la Caña de Azúcar de Colombia, Cal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18046/syt.v10i22.1261

Keywords:

Information architecture, usability, user interface, sugarcane crop, mobile devices.

Abstract

This paper presents the design of the Information Architecture (IA) of an expert system with mobile approach, created to guide to farmers on crop management of sugarcane. As part of the design of the IA are referenced the methods used and the developed structure. In the layout process of the IA apply the concepts of Usability and User Centered Design to facilitate the use of system in the growers and, above all, to facilitate be found efficiently the specific recommendations offered by the system. Besides the design of the IA, in this document present the end user interfaces and be showing its relationship with the IA designed.

Author Biography

  • Hernán Felipe Silva Cerón, Centro de Investigación de la Caña de Azúcar de Colombia, Cal

    Administrador de contenidos y diseñador de interfaces para la web del Centro de Investigación de la Caña de Azúcar de Colombia [Cenicaña]. Comunicador Social-Periodista, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Cali; Especialista en Administración de Negocios por Vía Electrónica, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cali; Magíster en Diseño y Creación Interactiva, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales.

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Published

2012-09-30

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 22 (2012)

Section

Original Research

License

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