Donna Maurer — IA: a “how to”

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• By:Guy Leech
• September 30, 2006
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A pre­sen­ta­tion given at Web Direc­tions South, Syd­ney Aus­tralia, Sep­tem­ber 29 2006.

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• Pre­sen­ta­tion slides
• Ses­sion description
• About Donna Maurer

Pre­sen­ta­tion slides

Ses­sion description

There are 2 aspects to mak­ing IA work in a project — an under­stand­ing of the key prin­ci­ples of infor­ma­tion archi­tec­ture and a knowl­edge of activ­i­ties to put them into prac­tice. This pre­sen­ta­tion will exam­ine the “how to’s” of infor­ma­tion archi­tec­ture. We’ll look at how to take a con­tent inven­tory, analyse con­tent, con­duct card sort­ing, analyse user research, choose the right struc­ture, cre­ate an infor­ma­tion archi­tec­ture and test it. These activ­i­ties drive an informed design process so you can be con­fi­dent in your deci­sions and com­mu­ni­cate them to other people.

About Donna Maurer

Donna Maurer is a freelance interaction designer and information architect who specialises in making complex systems simple for people to use. She has loads of experience, with more than 6 years in senior consulting and in-house roles. She has designed intranets, websites, e-commerce sites, search systems, business applications and a content management system. She has conducted so much user research she can't count it but knows she has facilitated more than 200 usability tests. She continually surprises her colleagues by talking to people rather than computers, and using as many coloured markers as possible.

Donna is an expe­ri­enced speaker and has pre­sented ses­sions and work­shops at many events, includ­ing the Infor­ma­tion Archi­tec­ture Sum­mit. She is cur­rently writ­ing a book on card sort­ing.

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