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RE: SIGIA-L: The Future and Pain: More Reflections on IA
From: robert egert (robert_egert_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Mar 05 2001 - 04:24:12 EST
I agree with the 4 points below as a definition for wire frames and I
believe that is becoming a standard in the industry. It is important to
allow designers to feel engaged with a project and provide cross reviews
with the IA as it develops--rather than simly ask the designers to color in
the lines.
I have had success with this by encouraging formal cross reviews. Design
leads (such as art director role) must review and sign-off internally on
the IA. This provides them to participate in the process and ensures their
buy-in on the design. Many designers also contribute valuable ideas to the
IA process and the project can only benefit from having them more involved
throughout the process
Robert Egert
At 04:47 PM 3/1/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>I'm Benette and i'm working for an eSolutions company called Asia Online.
>There seems to be a confusion on what iA is here in our company. Some say
>the wireframes encompass:
> 1. Inventory: All elements present should be accounted for
> 2. Weight: The percentage of prominence each element has on the
> page.
> 3. Layout: especially when determining navigational placement and
> form fields
> 4. Visual tools: placement of photos and the like
>Arguments started on whether iA is stifling creativity among the designers.
>And I don't think we have the monopoly on all design execution ideas though a
>number of iAs have design backgrounds. I was wondering if anybody could
>throw in their opinions so I would know if its just the designer in me
>that's rebelling?
>We call our team the Definition Team and we have the the following people
>in our group:
> web strat, iA persons
> Creative Director
> Content editor/writer
> Designer
>We do industry & competetive research, web strategy, iA, task analysis,
>user scanarios,
>creative direction and functional specifications documents.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Merholz [<mailto:peterme_at_peterme.com>mailto:peterme_at_peterme.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 12:20 AM
>To: sigia-l_at_asis.org
>Subject: SIGIA-L: The Future and Pain: More Reflections on IA
>
>Hey all--
>
>I've finally written down all my notes from the Reflections and Projections
>Panel from the ASIS Summit.
>
>You can start here:
><http://www.peterme.com/asis/2001summit_intro.html>http://www.peterme.com/asis/2001summit_intro.html
>
>
>Or, just read the most recent entries
>The Future of Information Architecture
><http://www.peterme.com/asis/2001summit_future.html>http://www.peterme.com/asis/2001summit_future.html
>
>
>Pain
><http://www.peterme.com/asis/2001summit_pain.html>http://www.peterme.com/asis/2001summit_pain.html
>
>
>The Outline, such as it is, of the notes is:
>1. Intro
>2. Trends
>- Bottom-up
>- It's The Content, Stupid
>- Models in Design
>- Working with Clients, Not At Them
>3. Future of Information Architecture
>- The Spread of "Good IA"
>- Data Analysis
>- IA Playing Nice in the Sandbox
>- Library Science Impacts Agency Information Architecture
>- Data-Driven Information Architecture
>- Professional Affiliations for Information Architecture
>- Further Specialization
>4. Pain
>- Business Savvy
>- Ill-defined Roles and Responsibilities
>
>I'd love your feedback.
>
>--peter
>
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robert egert
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egert_at_interport.net
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