POLA
Principle of Least Astonishment (POLA) is a design guideline stating that interfaces should behave in a way that users expect to avoid confusion.
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Perky Effect
A phenomenon where vivid mental images can interfere with actual perception, causing individuals to mistake imagined experiences for real ones.
Scope Creep
Also known as feature creep, the continuous addition of new features to a product, often beyond the original scope, leading to project delays and resource strain.
Progressive Disclosure
A design technique that involves showing only essential information initially, revealing additional details as needed to prevent information overload.
Application Architecture
The high-level structure of a software application, defining its components and their interactions.
3-Tiered Architecture
3-Tiered Architecture is a software design pattern that separates an application into three layers: presentation, logic, and data.
QFD
Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a method used to transform customer needs into engineering characteristics for a product or service.
Emotional Intelligence
The ability to recognize, understand, and manage one's own emotions and the emotions of others.
Design Strategy
An approach to design that aligns design activities with strategic business goals, ensuring that design contributes to overall organizational success.