Design

The Brief

At the beginning of a project the design lead or product manager will write a brief, a document that summarizes what the team needs to start working. The format and name of this document varies wildly, but the two key goals are the same: establish a common understanding of the work and inspire the team.

Process

All human-centered software design can be boiled down to three essential activities:

1. Researching the people and situations relevant to the project
2. Designing the software
3. Testing the design of the software to find out what works and what…

What is Human-Centered Software Design?

This book describes how designers create user interfaces by focusing on the people that use the software.

If you have some familiarity with software — maybe you’re a project manager, a product manager, or a programmer — and you want to…