When I was a developer, I often had a hundred questions when

Building websites from wireframes that I had received. Some of those questions were:

• 1

  How will this design scale when I shrink the browser window?

• 2

  What happens when this shape is filled out incorrectly?

• 3

  What are the options in this sorting filter, and what do they do?

These types of questions led me to miss numerous deadlines, and I wasted time and energy in back-and-forth communication. Sadly, this situation could have been avoided if the wireframes had provided enough detail.

Now that I am a UX designer, I notice that some designers tend to forget that wireframes are equally creative and technical. We are responsible for designing great ideas, but we are also responsible for creating product specifications. I admit that there can be so many details to remember that it’s easy to lose track. To save time and energy for myself, I gathered all of my years of wireframing knowledge into a single checklist that I refer to throughout the process. And now I am sharing this knowledge with you, so that you can get back to being creative.