The output in the work of an interactive designer

The following content to Self-Knowledge, the author @moonmonster, Baidu Wireless user experience Department of Interactive designers, Shanghai MUX leader. Lei Feng Network has been authorized by the author, and the original answer to make appropriate editorial layout.

The last day of 2012, the year-end summary should be the past. In each area of the industry, each job has its own mode of work, including the "interaction" which everyone is talking about, and we can learn from the common work of interactive design, the process of interaction and the deliverables it gives.

The guidance of the process, the actual operation will be biased, such as the task of emergency some links and review will be skipped, is generally such a process.

UE Team External Workflow

Rough version (the complex version of the estimate can not understand), expressed the general meaning of the responsibilities between the parties and the scope of work. The demand side provides a detailed requirements document (Request doc), requires changes to be recorded (change Request doc), accepts requirements, enters internal processes, and delivers outputs to the development team (a bunch of doc, visual needs to be documented).

Development team based on the design document delivery version, QA Department based on the design document test and feedback Bug,ue continue to follow up, and then infinite loop ...-_-'

Product Workflow Documentation

This thing, besides me and the development of the other people do not dare to look, it is troublesome! It was a bit of a revenge mentality-_-'. Interactive staff Please draw more workflow can help you clarify the logic, but not like the following picture.

Used to kill brain cells, for this head white a lot! The image below is the old production method, complete handwriting, and later on with the prototype output. Detailed to the interface of each element of the specific definition and behavior description, the number of diagram chart needs to be consistent with the above workflow number, to facilitate the developer to find!

Some peers say useless, no one to see, but my experience is to write a Yinianbanzai, the overall design ability will upgrade a Level,workflow document and spec documents can also test a person's delicate degree, now the basic skills are also practiced down.

Spec Document Segmentation

The above is a large spec document that also contains some other parts of the document. Like before our product design is a universal product, when the need for different customers to make customized, and will produce the corresponding site modification document.

Early in the prototype when the basic to the production of PPT, review convenient for the display, and later also used Axure (as a group of domestic earlier use of axure users it), due to the earlier process is more solid, review links are also more, we often produce prototypes of high Fidelity prototype. In addition, we use Axure to make prototypes in addition to valuing its interactivity, and more importantly, it makes it easy to export spec documents. PS. It's less used now.

Working Information Directory

Finish a pile of work, output n documents, need to have a logical clear directory management, easy to work later. The following figure lists only the product catalog, three levels: Product name document category. Simple, clear, and name clear (the relevant person can see the document name to know which document and version of the product, as described below)

Document Naming conventions

This is something of great use! Deliverables from different designers in the hands of the output, in the form of documents storage, and need to different departments, different people to read, naming unified management convenience, communication and consistency.

Here is a list of these, along with many assorted documents.

At present, the market more and more user experience, designers are more and more, but ... For the process, specifications, deliverables, there are not too many introductions, do not know the listed above for you have wood to help, each company has various companies play, is a supplement it.

Ux/ue/ucd/ued/ped ... I'm a cloud! It's just design, keep working overtime ...

PS. reprint please specify the author, otherwise black your family product (-"-)

Author Blog: Moonmonster