jjg.net: a visual vocabulary: "A visual vocabulary is a set of symbols used to describe something (usually a system, structure, or process). The vocabulary described here may be used by an information architect or interaction designer to describe, at a high level, the structure and/or flow of the user experience of a Web site.
These descriptions, or diagrams, are used by five primary audiences:
* Project sponsors and managers use them to obtain a general sense of the scope and form of the project.
* Content producers use them to derive content requirements.
* Visual and interface designers use them to derive a count of how many unique page designs must be produced, and to obtain an initial sense of the navigational and interface requirements for these designs.
* Technologists use them to derive functional requirements.
* Information architects and interaction designers use them to develop detailed navigational and interface requirements for each page.
Every one of these audiences (with the exception of sponsors) needs a great deal of detail to do their jobs. The trouble is that the detail each audience requires differs vastly from the detail required by others, and the bulk of this detail is irrelevant to the needs of other audiences."
These descriptions, or diagrams, are used by five primary audiences:
* Project sponsors and managers use them to obtain a general sense of the scope and form of the project.
* Content producers use them to derive content requirements.
* Visual and interface designers use them to derive a count of how many unique page designs must be produced, and to obtain an initial sense of the navigational and interface requirements for these designs.
* Technologists use them to derive functional requirements.
* Information architects and interaction designers use them to develop detailed navigational and interface requirements for each page.
Every one of these audiences (with the exception of sponsors) needs a great deal of detail to do their jobs. The trouble is that the detail each audience requires differs vastly from the detail required by others, and the bulk of this detail is irrelevant to the needs of other audiences."
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