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Using Wikis to Document UI Specifications

Boxes and Arrows

The development process usually plays a major role in how teams interact and how work is completed or delivered, thus, there is a direct relationship between the UI spec and the process the team is using. Description of the Problem There are many product development processes and one that has garnered much attention is agile.

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Sketchy Wireframes

Boxes and Arrows

In the early stage, wireframes act as a tool for exploration and concept development, when sweeping changes are expected and encouraged. As the project continues, parts of the wireframe begin to be “locked down&# as functionality is reviewed and “signed-off.&# Image credit: Henrik Olsen.

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Getting a Form's Structure Right: Designing Usable Online Email Applications

Boxes and Arrows

None of the websites that I reviewed follow this practice effectively. Most websites that I reviewed allow you to register. Service/Product comparison Remember, your users are watching your competitors as well. Image 3: Bluebottle’s website allows users to take a peek at service comparisons. Is it quick? It is easy?

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How to Transform a Traditional Giant into a Digital One

Harvard Business Review

Any advantages you have now will pale in comparison with a great set of algorithms that differentiates the customer experience. For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. This is not guesswork. billion stake.

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Why Your Customer Loyalty Program Isn’t Working

Harvard Business Review

” A PriceWaterhouseCoopers review suggests roughly 45% of flyers would lose under the new schemes. Shoppers are rewarded for their loyalty to Walmart by having Walmart do comparison shopping for them. Conversely, about 40% would benefit.

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This Weekly Meeting Took Up 300,000 Hours a Year

Harvard Business Review

Since revenue per employee varies widely among industries, we confined our comparisons to companies in the same business. Predictably, the differences were larger in people-intensive businesses, like software development, and smaller in capital-intensive industries such as semiconductor manufacturing.

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A Story from Google Shows You Don’t Need Power to Drive Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Brian Fitzpatrick joined Google as a senior software engineer in 2005, shortly after the company’s IPO. Brian specialized in open-source software development and he quickly became a champion within the company for various initiatives focused on end users.