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| Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning | 
| Author: Dan Brown
Publisher: New Riders Press
Category: Book
List Price: $44.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 11076
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0321392353
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9780321392350
ASIN: 0321392353
Publication Date: September 16, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 Informative and Fun January 23, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is very informative and useful, and it's fun to read at the same time. The author keeps the language simple so it's easy to get through, and it's humorous. A great choice for Information Architects and others interested in the field.
Useful for taking big projects in small bites January 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am responsible for evaluating and coordinating the re-design of a large library website. Since I know the process, I don't read the explanations of this book in depth, but I like it as a reference. I consult it when I know I need a certain type of document, but don't remember the best way to format the information, or have forgotten all the steps involved. The examples are clear and helpful. Why re-invent the wheel? I've developed similar solutions in the past, and they worked.
 Common Sense for User Experience Documentation December 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased and read this book prior to seeing Dan Brown's lecture at User Experience 2007. I like this book because it's an inventory of no-nonsense user experience documents that get the users represented in the process of interface design.
Excellent December 7, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Received book quickly and in the condition it was said. I will purchase from this customer anytime.
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 For people who work in large web teams November 6, 2007
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
If you work in a large team in a big corporation, and use conventional rather than agile approaches to web development, you may find this book very useful. It has advice not just on what tools to employ, when, and why, but also how to interact with clients and specialists in various roles during every stage of website genesis/ontogeny, from strategy to execution (via usability tests, concept mapping, wireframes and much more).
As a one-person band with a very small budget, I found big chunks of it rather idealistic, somehow old-fashioned, and not very relevant to my own circumstances. The usability / market research specialist? The information architect? Those would be me. The programmer? The graphic designer? Oh, those would be me too. And the person making sure that the words and images are suitable for the web as a medium? Me again.
I wanted some advice on best practice for (a) documenting decisions made (and reasons for making them) and (b) highlighting consequences of those decisions (and reasons) for future work. I was quite surprised not to see much discussion about how to document (b), which in my experience is often a huge hole in documentation.
Also, the processes I use are much more agile than those described in the book, which doesn't cover how to document development using agile methods. This is a shame, because I think more and more developers are moving in this direction.
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