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Building an Information Architecture Checklist

IROAI — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:11:10 +0000

“Government environments often have prescribed complex processes for obtaining and implementing technology solutions. In order to encourage and enable information architecture (IA) in government systems, it is essential to embed IA within the current processes and to view IA as part of the overall architectural framework. The definition of IA used here is broad and inclusive spanning applications, the Web and the enterprise. A common focus exists aimed at organizing information for findability, manageability and usefulness, but the definition also includes infrastructure to support organization of information. This case study describes the development of an IA checklist in a large United States government agency. The checklist is part of an architectural review process that is applied 1) during assessment of proposed information systems projects and 2) design of solution recommendations before system implementation.” (Laura Downey, TSA; Sumit Banerjee, IBM – Journal of Information Architecture)

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Maturing a Practice by J. Hobbs, T. Fenn, & A. Resmini

IROAI — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:49:13 +0000

Acesta s-ar putea sa fie cel mai important articol pe care l-ati citit din 2004 pina in prezent pe tema disciplinei UXD. Din Jurnalul de Arhitectura Informatiei:

The authors of this paper position pratice-led research (PLR) as an effective agent in the transformation of the seemingly inherent and natural acts found in casual practice into the formal arrangement of accepted truths and regulated practices of a discipline for user experience design (UXD) and information architecture (IA) communities of practice. The paper does not intend to exhaustively define discourse analysis, discipline practice or pratice-led research per se, but rather to introduce practitioners and the fields of UX and IA at large to the basic concepts of PLR so as to begin establishing discussion and awareness.

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The 10 dos and don’ts of website development

IROAI — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:08:50 +0000

“With the current economic downturn and significant layoffs among sales staff, the web has become more important than ever as a means of communicating with customers/clients/membership. But I have yet to meet a CEO who likes website development. It makes business leaders uncomfortable. The web experts speak in a cryptic language – CMS, KM, XML, CSS. The site seems to take forever to build, costs more than expected, and invariably provides less value than the organization had hoped.” download PDF

Special Deliverables

IROAI — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:01:06 +0000

A unified approach to visual and interaction design

IROAI — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:45:50 +0000

A unified approach to visual and interaction design by Nate Fortin of Cooper.

Design Loneliness

IROAI — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:41:50 +0000

Design Loneliness by Chris Noessel of Cooper.

Social Isolation and New Technology

IROAI — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:44:56 +0000

Social Isolation and New Technology from The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

Streams of Content, Limited Attention

IROAI — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:33:21 +0000

Streams of Content, Limited Attention: The Flow of Information through Social Media by Danah Boyd at Web 2.0 Expo.