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What is included in design documentation?
Design documentation is a collection of documents and resources that covers all aspects of your product design. Documentation should include information about users, product features, and project deadlines; all essential implementation details; and design decisions that your team and stakeholders have agreed on.
What are the different ways of documenting a designer uses?
Types of Design Documentation
- User Stories.
- Use Cases.
- Scenario Narratives.
- Screen Flow Diagrams.
- Page-Level Documentation.
What is a detailed design document?
The detailed design document formally records the design of the content — that is, the lessons or modules and all the deliverables necessary. The detailed design document records the design of content.
What is architectural and design documentation?
The architecture design document is a technical document describing the components and specifications required to support the solution and ensure that the specific business and technical requirements of the design are satisfied. The architecture design document includes the conceptual, logical, and physical designs.
What is a detailed design specification?
The Detailed Design Specification (DDS) describes how the hardware and software functionality identified in the Functional Specification will be developed and implemented. The Hardware DDS is a description of the hardware on which the software resides and how it is to be connected to any existing system or equipment.
How to describe your decision for design reasons?
I find there are three common ways of describing my decision for design reasons: “Uses a common design pattern” “Draws the user’s attention” “Creates a flow for the user”
Why do we choose patterns for design decisions?
Designers spend a lot of time on other sites, apps, and devices learning about the newest useful design patterns, and so we naturally choose patterns that make the most sense to our audience and context.
When to circle back after making a decision?
It’s always useful, even after a decision has been made, to circle back and double-check your decisions against the documented use cases for which you hope to design. When you find your team getting off track, bring them back by reminding everyone what the use cases are and how our decisions affect them.
How to describe your design decisions – O’Reilly?
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