Inability to experience the look & the feel of the User Design in different devices like desktop & tablets with a single click.Redo the User design to fit into different aspect ratios for Desktop & Handheld devices like Tablets & Mobile.
Take an example of a using a list box control for a Website which cannot be dragged & dropped with a single click using Microsoft PowerPoint.The default controls might not be sufficient for the product that is being designed.Haven’t we? But there are several disadvantages to this and a few of them are mentioned below Most of us have used Basic Microsoft PowerPoint for Quick Wireframing at some point in or career. The electronic Wire Frame tools overcome this difficulty and make the life of the Business Analysts/Product Managers easy. It becomes a hassle to execute & manage UI requirements in such a scenario. Though Paper Wireframing is a Cheap, fast & low tech way of defining User Interface design, it is far from feasible to accurately depict the navigation structure when there are a lot of screens involved. Traditionally most of the Requirement Engineers use two types of Wire Framing Paper & Electronic. So how can we eliminate this discrepancy? There are a lot of Wireframing tools that serve this purpose and help freeze the requirements upfront. In the above case, the look & feel of the User Interface of the Grocery App is left to the sole discretion of the designers/developers who do the best guess work for the Client only to find that the Client is not happy with the User Design after the first build/iteration of the Product is delivered. More often than not, this exact problem is faced by many client-facing Product Managers/ Business Analysts during the Requirements gathering process.
We will discuss this during User Acceptance Test (UAT)”. I think we will give out feedback on the User Requirements once your development delivers the first build. Can we discuss the high-level User Interface Requirements for the same?”Ĭlient: “I don’t think that would be necessary. To understand the need for wireframing more clearly, consider the below conversation between a Business Analyst who defines Software Requirements for a Top IT firm & a Retail client who has contracted with the firm to develop a Grocery App that would enable the customers to purchase Grocery items from their mobile devices.īusiness Analyst: “Hi Greg, today I would like to discuss the Requirements for the ‘Your Offers’ section that the Marketing Department has been envisioning to have in the Grocery App.