| Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning | 
| Author: Dan Brown
Publisher: New Riders Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (32 reviews)
Sales Rank: 49992
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
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:
 Great Book for every day needs July 2, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is a great help for everyone who needs to improve documentation. It's on my desk and I recommend it 100%.
 Buyer beware - companion website does not have promised resources June 2, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Part of the value of this book is the promise that the author will provide templates and examples. This promise is worth zero. If you go to the companion website, there is a note from the author that says, essentially, "Ooops, so sorry. Got too busy." Just a tad unprofessional? I guess different people have different perspectives on such things.
Call me crazy, but one would think that the author would have had a whole stack of examples and templates BEFORE he wrote the book. How else would he know what documents are needed? Just a rhetorical question.....
The book itself is useful, don't get me wrong. I am just very disappointed in the lack of companion material. Other reviews very adequately cover the content.
In terms of practical help, AND downloadable templates, I vastly prefer Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works (2nd Edition) by Kelly Goto.
Kelly Goto's advice saved my tail when I was a newbie in the field (waaaaay back in the dark ages of the 20th century), and still has relevance for me today.
Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works (2nd Edition) (VOICES)
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UPDATE: August 2008: nothing has changed on the companion website, http://www.communicatingdesign.com/ Quite frankly, it looks like it has been abandoned.
 Communicating Design May 31, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
It is for my Information Design class. I haven't used it yet, but it arrived on time and in good condition..
A Good Reference for WebSite Design May 26, 2008
I'm using this text for my CIS 3900 Business Web Architecture course at Western Michigan University. THis text is geared more towards the designers perspective of wed site creation, more so then development. It's an easy to read text,not full of overly complicated jargon, and tends to be a fast read with lots of helpful diagrams. For anyone looking to explore the dynamics of creating a web site to meet the needs of your client, it certainly is a good source of information and topics to consider during the process.
Wonderfully comprehensive book on IA/UX documetion May 11, 2008
As a self-starting IA working on large-scale websites, this book has been indispensable. It offers a comprehensive overview of all relevant design documentation from personas and usability to inventories and wireframes. It is an intelligently written and highly readable must-have book for all IAs.
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