Six Tips for Improving Your Design Documentation
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Olshavsky, Ryan
Boxes and Arrows
2003

Abstract:

Good organization, complete information, and clear writing are, of course, key to the success of any design document, but there are some other, less-obvious techniques you can use to make your documents more readable and understandable. Here are a few of them.