A short document summarizing the key elements of a proposed solution
The Mural Quick Reference Guide template includes space set aside for the solution and the design intent of your project, as well as highlights from your research and further background on project focus and milestones.
A Quick Reference Guide is essential to ensure your original design intent is maintained as the idea moves from conception through production and beyond. Clarity is key, so the guide must be easy to understand yet thorough enough to convey necessary information to a wide variety of people.
Start your Quick Reference Guide as soon as possible. This gives you the opportunity to articulate your team's design rationale early on. As the project progresses, the document should be updated to include all the information that defines the design. When finished, it should answer these questions:
To create a Quick Reference guide, start with the Mural template, and then follow these steps, adding your content to the canvas:
The process of creating a Quick Reference Guide begins with creating a shared document to gather your inputs, and continues with the team that created the design coming together to explain the design's purpose, making a list of design rules, noting standards for color and font, and collecting a set of design patterns and templates. Once you have all the necessary information, the Quick Reference Guide should be easy to understand and thorough enough to convey the necessary information to a wide variety of people.
A Quick Reference Guide is a document that captures the design intent of a project to ensure that it is maintained as the idea moves from conception to production and beyond. It should be easy to understand, yet thorough enough to convey the necessary information to a wide variety of people. It should answer questions about what the design is, what the elements are, and how it works.