Six Tips for Improving Your Design Documentation
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/six_tips_for_improving_your_design_documentation

Olshavsky, Ryan
Boxes and Arrows
2003

Abstract:

Documentation is a crucial component of successful product planning and implementation, so it's important that it communicates as effectively as possible. 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.