In UCID, the design stage is iterative and evaluation is a two-level activity. By giving a software usability driven approach, UCID puts you on the right track toward designing information. The UCID approach covers new strategies for the design and evaluation of information. The critical design goals you set and the two-level evaluation approach keep your information development efforts focused on improving software usability. A UCID project makes full use of the technical writer's skills.
Writers now have an expanded and challenging role that includes the design of labels and messages.
UCID brings you the advantages of integration. By helping you meet users' information requirements, UCID achieves improved software usability, which ultimately impacts the software organization's image and bottom-line. Read about UCID in the book, User-Centered Information Design for Improved Software Usability . Intercom , February 2000.