Alex, The best answer here is going to be: go and ask them. In the past I've produced a whole range of different documentation for development folks for this purpose, from use cases to straight business requirements to content object models. The best results I've had, however, have come when I've been able to pull the tech lead into the requirements process and have them produce their own documentation side-by-side with what I'm doing.
Regards Steve 2008/12/4 Alexandra O'Neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > We're considering a major site redesign, going beyond interface to changing > how things behave on the back end. Since good UX starts from the ground > up, > I'm spending a lot of time pulling taxonomy needs, describing scenarios, > determining relationships between categories, etc. In the past when I did > this I had a much more hands-on role in developing the database > architecture, etc. Now I'm an independent contributor in a non-IT dept, and > I'm being asked to develop the redesign requirements from which they will > build. > > I'm not sure how much data to provide to (a) not do someone else's job for > them - don't want to step on any toes! while (b) also assuring they have > what they need to do the job. My thought is to provide use-case scenarios > and the minimum taxonomic requirements, along with where those to map to > existing categories, and let them figure out the specific tables, etc. > Please note, this is *not* at the IA/UI stage yet. This is to assure that > while the IA/UI work is done, any concurrent (or sooner!) development > efforts from IT meet the eventual need. > > Has anyone else developed this kind of requirements documentation? What > did > you send? > > Thank, > Alex O'Neal > ux manager/knowledge engineer > -- Steve 'Doc' Baty | Principal Consultant | Meld Consulting | P: +61 417 061 292 | E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Twitter: docbaty Blog: http://docholdsfourth.blogspot.com Contributor - UXMatters - www.uxmatters.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
