The document discusses Page Description Diagrams (PDDs), which are tools for communicating information architecture decisions without detailing the visual design. It explains the components that make up a PDD, including design elements, content, and layout, while emphasizing their role in enhancing collaboration among design teams. Additionally, it provides examples and mentions the potential use of PDDs in the design process.

1. Page Description DiagramsPresented by Nick Finck

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3. OverviewWhat is a PDD?Why use PDDs?What goes into a PDD?Examples of PDDsPDD activity Q&A

4. What is a PDD?

5. “Page Description Diagramsare simply a tool for communicating IA decisions without talking about the visual design.”

6. PDDs

7. Why should we care?

8. Stuck on design

9. Restrained designersBy Jason Campbell

10. “We can't solve problems byusing the same kind of thinking we used when wecreated them.”- Albert Einstein

11. Why?Documents the elements of each screen without specifying layout.

12. May be used instead of wireframes, or preceding wireframes.

13. Allows greater collaboration between team members responsible for visual design and functional specification.What goes into a PDD?

14. ContentEach element may include one or more of the following:Description of each element

15. Finalized or draft content

16. Designs, sketches, or wireframesComponents PDDs should cover the following:Design elements

17. Content elements

18. Interface elementsLayoutEach PDD page should include the following:One screen per page

19. Screen name

20. Three columns (high, medium, & low priority)

21. Optional notes or general screen infoScreen NameNotes &General InfoSecond PriorityThird PriorityFirst Priority

22. Some PDD examples

23. Page Description DiagramBy Dan Brown

24. Page Description DiagramBy Nick Finck

25. PDD activity

26. Thank You

27. Questions

28. Follow-up questionsConsulting: BlinkInteractive.comPersonal: NickFinck.comEmail: nick@blinkinteractive.comTwitter: @nickf