A term that means the smallest amount of work that can be done to move a project forward.
A type of design that features the strokes running predominantly from the upper left to the lower right.
It can also be used in reference to a type of lettering, typically for advertisements, to be read in either direction. It is also used to help the reader navigate through and around the advertisement.
A Shortcut is a computer function that performs a set of commands to save time. A Quick Key is a keyboard shortcut used to trigger an action.
A technique for understanding people’s experience of a product or service. Participants are asked to keep daily records of their experience using the product, and these records are taken into consideration when designing the design.
A unit for defining the size of a font. It's not a distance; this unit's measurement is only relative to the typeface's design.
The act of gathering qualitative data about a person's thoughts and feelings related to a product.
A quick and rough sketch of what you are about to work on. Good for getting the ideas out of your head and onto the page while you're still in that creative phase.
The process of developing a product or design system that can be altered to fit different device and interaction contexts.
A way of developing new products or services using a process of repeated and regular refinement, in which prototypes are made, evaluated, revised, and re-evaluated until the desired result is achieved. High profile companies have successfully implemented iterative design to create effective and innovative products.
How well or poorly something can be read.
A low-fidelity representation of a user interface design.