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How to visually document interactive user interfaces for fast consumption

I’m writing documentation for some interactive Ajax user interface but instead of writing everything in words I would rather provide diagrams that are faster consumed than whole paragraphs of text. I did provide page navigation flow diagram but that’s very high level before you drill down to individual pages and their inner workings.

Is my DFD accurate?

This is my first ever DFD that I made after my fair share of learning but I have no way of verifying whether it is correct or not. Although I have taken utmost care to make sure it is right, I may be wrong.

Data Flow Diagrams – Difference between Lines and Arrows

I’m currently working with Visio to create Data Flow Diagrams for a System Analysis and Design class but I’m unsure what the difference between ------ and ------> is. I can connect 2 shapes together with a line (process, entity, data store) but does the single line connecting the two mean data flow? Do I need to explicitly use the data flow arrow to show which way data is flowing?

What diagrams, other than the class diagram and the workflow diagram, are useful for explaining how an application works?

I am working on a small Delphi project, composed of two units. One unit is for the GUI, and the other for data management, file parsing, list iterating and so on.. I’ve already made a class diagram, and my workflow looks like hell- it’s too complex, even for anyone to read. I’ve considered making a dataflow diagram, but it would be even more complex. A use case diagram wouldn’t be of use either. Am I missing some diagram type which could somehow represent the relationship between my two units?

How to properly deal with ER and UML diagram management

When learning about these tools, I (naively) thought that mapping about the business space could be front loaded by doing it only once and refering to those diagrams for each project within a single business unit. However, I am finding that each situation is calling for it’s own set of diagrams to properly communicate what’s going on. I find that I am dealing with the same objects, but the relationships change.

Flow Chart – While Loops process

I’m having difficulties understanding whether or not this is the right process to use for a flow chart which illustrates the processes involved in an algorithm.

Flow Chart – While Loops process

I’m having difficulties understanding whether or not this is the right process to use for a flow chart which illustrates the processes involved in an algorithm.

How to create a feature map?

I have a big side project that I do now for 3 years. It has a lot of extra small tools to help me do tasks. Most of those tools are so old that I forgot what I have there.