From flowcharts to UML diagrams, we’ve offered quite a bit of important reading material for you out there. Our last post focused on wireframes and this present one also revolves around this really useful tool. To start things off we thought we’d focus a bit on the uses and benefits of wireframes. You see, for the layman, the topic of wireframes may relate to just web designers and software developers. However, the fact of the [...]

As we all know, clarity is the main goal of any wireframe or UI mockup. What we seek to elucidate via this post is that when structuring a wireframe you need to ensure that you focus on the client requirements ensure that the design is clear and uncomplicated and you concentrate on annotating the design. Simple points but certainly potent points to ponder. If you have experienced rejection at the hands of your clients, one [...]

As promised in the last post, we will be detailing the (b) Behavioral, (c) Grouping and (d) Annotational part of Things in this post. (b) BEHAVIORAL Behavioral things encapsulates the dynamic parts of all UML models. These behavioral things are shown below: Interaction: This is known as a behavior, which consists of messages that are exchanged among certain elements to finish a task that is specific. State machine: This is something that is useful when the [...]

Consider this the prequel to Part 1 and Part 2 of what I posted earlier on UML diagrams. I do believe that these posts are perfect in the sense that they would give you the “big picture” of the UML universe. I understand what was posted earlier on may have been complex to a certain degree, which is why this particular post is intended for those who are just getting their hands wet with UML [...]

This is the third post in a series on organization structures. Here is a brief outline of what has been discussed so far: In the first post we discussed the simple, functional and the multidivisional organizational structures. The second post followed up with the Holding company structure, Matrix Structure & Team-based structures. Now with the final post in the series, let’s take a look at the Project-based and Network structures. Project-based Structure If you’re part [...]