Posts Tagged ‘documenting design’

On Tuesday, 7 May at 4:00 EDT, I will be presenting at the 2013 Summit conference of the Society for Technical Communication (STC). I will be talking about how to effectively communicate user interface and interaction design to project team members and stakeholders to ensure the delivered product captures the user goals set out at the […]

In UI design communication: General approaches and tips for Axure, I discussed the kind of content to include in a UI design specification and showed how to customize the information you annotate in Axure. This post discusses customizing the final specification. While this post describes using Axure to create a specification, the underlying organizational principles […]

In my last post, I discussed the value of design documentation. In this post, I share some practical tips on writing design documentation. The first part outlines general approaches. The second describes customizing annotations in Axure. Approaches to communication In my presentation on communicating design, I talk about four types of design documentation: Walkthrough presentation […]

I have recently read a number of blog posts, articles, and commentary arguing that design documentation is no longer needed as UI prototyping tools become more sophisticated and commonly used. While I agree that eliminating a 250-page design document can be a positive result, it’s not that documentation is inherently bad or unnecessary. The problem is […]