Re: SW development terminology?

["Sweet, Gregory P (HEALTH)" <gregory -dot- sweet -at- health -dot- ny -dot- gov>]

Wireframes. If it is more refined than sketches & line drawings, i.e., showing what finished screen widget would actually look like, then paper prototype. The idea of the paper prototype is that one could "use the software" like a choose your own adventure novel, flipping to the appropriate page based on user decision. These are often used in usability studies to test out design decisions on the cheap.

-Greg


ïOn 1/19/18, 1:44 PM, "techwr-l-bounces+gregory -dot- sweet=health -dot- ny -dot- gov -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com on behalf of Chris Morton" <techwr-l-bounces+gregory -dot- sweet=health -dot- ny -dot- gov -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com on behalf of salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

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    I'm rusty on my terminology.
    
    I'm trying to describe a process whereby my team was charged ten years ago
    with writing a train-the-trainer manual for a CA state department.
    
    All we had was a three-ring binder full of specs and UI mockups. There was
    little-to-no information provided as to how, when finally compiled and
    released, the SW would actually function.
    
    As a PM would know them, what is the correct terminology for the specs? The
    UI mockups?
    
    Thanks much,
    
    Chris Morton
    

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