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8 best project management tools

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A company specialized in product development for software developers and managers. Jira is one more case of project management tools focused on a specialty: software development projects. An interesting differential is that the software is focused on the integration of different area teams.

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Getting a Form's Structure Right: Designing Usable Online Email Applications

Boxes and Arrows

Yes, this is for all of you out there—my fellow usability practitioners, information architects, designers, managers, project leads, editors, and people who are looking to develop their UX practice. But do we, as designers and usability practitioners, always help them do it? I say, “No.”

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Sketchy Wireframes

Boxes and Arrows

To compensate for the drawbacks of traditional wireframing, some designers ditch the computer in favor of hand sketching. Hand-sketching of wireframes, proponents argue, allows for faster expression of ideas and freedom from artificial confines of diagramming software. Sketching to the rescue? Image credit: Henrik Olsen.

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Using Wikis to Document UI Specifications

Boxes and Arrows

Introduction The role of the interaction designer is to specify the interface’s behaviors and elements, so that engineers know what to build and how the product should operate. However, designers should be aware of a wiki’s benefits and drawbacks for documentation, since UI specs uniquely reflect a project and its context.

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User Experience Research at Scale

Boxes and Arrows

Finally, the article goes on to propose a methodology that allows for an adjustable balance between a department’s user research and product design and highlights the evolution of trends, best practices, and common avoidances found within the user research industry, especially as they relate to SaaS-based products. Different from analytics.

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