Browsing this article the other day at B&A about using Wiki’s for specs, yet again raised the point about how teams seem to rarely agree on just how the ‘thing’ they’re creating should be documented. Now, I’m keen on the collaboration side of wiki’s, but managing links, tracking progress, and mixing design with documentation can be a bit tricky.
It’s something that’s difficult to make work because specification is as much about the experience and preferences of the team as it is about the effectiveness of any one tool or method. Perhaps we can put it to a vote…
This week, I’m a fan of using:
- Axure with Shared Projects setup for the collaborative production of interactive prototypes as specification (with a bit of messing about you can output Word docs too), and
- Basecamp for general project management
…but although we’re seeing increase use of these tools, they’re yet to really take off in my immediate design community.
What tools would you vote for?
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