Four strategies for promoting common UI guidelines within Adobe
Bill Bachman, Dave Valiulis, Frederick Aliaga, Marissa Treinen · 2003
When a single company develops multiple software applications, it can be very challengingóor downright impossibleóto create a consistent cross-product user experience: a designer may forget to follow an existing implementation, an engineer might not have an eye for layout, and a quality assurance person may have no clue what to test.To minimize these risks and increase compliance with the cross-product Common UI Guidelines, the Adobe User Interface Design Team uses a variety of techniques when documenting design decisions and promoting companywide awareness. This paper highlights our creation process and details the final results for four of our most recent innovations: a Version 1.0 Document, a Quick Reference, Report Cards, and UI Trivia contests.