BALSAMIQ TOOL

BALSAMIQ  TOOL

INTRODUCTION

• Tool is extensively designed to present software requirements at an early stage of development in the pictorial form
• BALSAMIQ Wireframe gives an visual depiction of how the software solution would look like with the help of mock-up screens.
• This was introduced in the year of 2008.

What is WIREFRAMING?

• Wireframing is helpful in saving the time and explicit on the software requirement.
• It brings the common understanding between the members who are involved in developing the solution.
• A picture speaks more than words is a common saying and this is what wireframing does exactly, this depicts the solution in an pictorial representation.
• With the help of Wireframing Development team can visualize the solution even before it is implemented.
• Mock-up screens are always essential to give the actual feel of the final product.
• BALSAMIQ TOOL is a wireframing tool.
• BA, Design Architect and other Solution Architects could be the owners for this tool.

BALSAMIQ TOOL:

• This is an excellent interface for Wireframing in terms of bringing the clarity, consistency and the consensus among the teams involved.
• With wide range of features and feasibility this is an tool that is being used across the globe.
• Enables the teams that are remotely located.
• Ability to share or export in various forms like PDF and PNG.
• Using this a stakeholder can also get the picture on the solution which in-turn results in the customer satisfaction, the reason why widely used tool.
• BALSAMIQ TOOL can create wireframes on fly, which means it doesn’t hold any data but on fly at the time of execution it would display the data,
• Has a very good feature of creating the mock-up screens.

INSTALLATION:

• For Installation the following are the specifications:
• For Windows
  • 33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel Atom^TM 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbook class devices.
  • Microsoft® Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8 Classic or Windows 10.
  • A minimum 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended).
  • AIR SDK Development Supports Microsoft® Windows 7 and above, 64-bit only
• User Interface is divided into four:
  • NAVIGATOR
  • UI LIBRARY
  • INSPECTOR
  • WIREFRAME SPACE

This is how the tool looks like:

This is a brief on BALSAMIQ TOOL.