3. Juli 2009

Using Wikis for Documentation

Wer diesen Artikel auf Boxes and Arrows noch nicht gelesen hat, sollte unbedingt mal drüberschauen: Using Wikis to Document UI Specifications.

The role of the interaction designer is to specify the interface’s behaviors and elements, so that engineers know what to build and how the product should operate. This documentation is commonly known as a UI specification or UI spec. There are several applications for authoring a UI spec, with wikis being a relatively new tool. However, designers should be aware of a wiki’s benefits and drawbacks for documentation, since UI specs uniquely reflect a project and its context.

Ein wirklich sehr interessanter Beitrag.