Just like beauty, the idea of software being “user-friendly” is in the eye of the beholder.
Very often when I talk with clients about what they need from a new AMS, they’ll say something to the effect of “It has to be user-friendly.”
I agree.
But what does user-friendly look like? Well, that depends on who you ask.
And therein lies the problem.
Asking for “user-friendly” is like asking for pretty. Only the person looking at it can say if it is or is not.
So you have to define what user-friendly means. Does it mean staff can find any piece of data in two clicks? Does it mean that online users don’t have to log on to make a donation? Does it mean that staff can learn the system without training? Or something else entirely?
Like beauty, “user-friendly” is really in the eye of the beholder. So take some time define what it means.