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UI Pattern Documentation Review

Boxes and Arrows

Introduction User interface (UI) patterns have the potential to make software development more efficient. Producing a common pattern library, however, implies that the patterns presented are at the very least, consistently documented and most probably presented in the same single classification system.

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Using Wikis to Document UI Specifications

Boxes and Arrows

This documentation is commonly known as a UI specification or UI spec. However, designers should be aware of a wiki’s benefits and drawbacks for documentation, since UI specs uniquely reflect a project and its context. I propose that the UI spec is best documented through a wiki when working in such an environment.

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Making a Case for Digital Forensics

Business and Tech

The contents are updated and there are the beginnings of subjects like ethics and software development life cycle, but the bulk is still algorithms, coding, and platforms. Although there are exciting developments in machine learning, the broad topic of artificial intelligence dates back to the 1950s.

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5 Tech Issues That Can Slow Down Innovation

IdeaScale

In order to maintain security and ensure functionality throughout the development process, you should adhere to a standard Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) that involves: Analysis and planning as a preliminary risk-assessment step Documenting all design specifications Practicing security by design that includes failsafes to prevent data theft, (..)

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We Require A Shift of Innovation Management Solution Providers

Paul Hobcraft

The whole redesign to collaborate around a single set of processes spanning systems engineering, hardware and software development, variant and options management, part release, manufacturing planning, quality, technical documentation, program management, and more. Take Aras and its solutions.[1].

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Bringing User Centered Design to the Agile Environment

Boxes and Arrows

But when organizations adopt SCRUM , too often the good parts of a waterfall process like research and forming a high-level blueprint for the overall design become the proverbial baby thrown out with the documentation bathwater. As the Agile Manifesto says, “Working software over comprehensive documentation.&#

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Sketchy Wireframes

Boxes and Arrows

Introduction When it comes to user interface documentation, wireframes have long been the tool of choice. This speeds up the ideation process, but doesn’t always produce presentable or maintainable documentation. By the end of the process, wireframes can turn into a highly detailed functional specifications document.