There is some early research in the software engineering literature that discusses the effect of designing based on a prototype or on a formal UI spec.
Boehm et al, 1984]. B.W. Boehm, T.L. Gray, and T. Seewaldt, "Prototyping Versus Specifying: A Multiproject Experiment," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. SE-10, No. 3, May 1984, pp. 290 - 302. It might be worth digging this old, but classic article up. Chauncey On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Jamie McAtee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right now our small team is communicating UI changes and enhancements > with developers using PowerPoint mock ups with notes. I am concerned > this will eventually backfire and would like to bring a little more > formality to the process. Is anyone willing to share their UI spec > document and/or recommendations for putting together a spec. I have > used the PayPal format before but it has been a while and I don't > remember everything that was in it. > > Since our team is very small I don't want to bring about a lot of > paperwork just something to make sure we have all of our bases > covered. > > Thanks, > Jamie > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
