making sitemaps user-ful
DESCRIPTION
A talk about a visualisation technique for communicating and selling the value of information architecture and navigation design. Please see my notes, included below, for more info on each slide.TRANSCRIPT
Making sitemaps user-fulIntroducing nodemaps
Emily Heath,Information Architect
The usual IA stuff
Photo credit: Jon Haylett on Flickr
Hippos do panic
Comparison of sitemaps
Clickable wireframes
Node diagram of international flight paths
Photo credit: from video by Miku Dixit http://vimeo.com/24595715
Ye olde hierarchical sitemap
Colours indicate navigation
The Nodemap
Local and contextual navigation links
Focus on the core content
The Nodemap
Competitor comparison
Competitor’s site Client’s site
Siloed Information Architecture
Competitor’s site
Richly interconnected IA
Client’s site
The nodemap doesn’t replace
• User testing!
The nodemap is good for
• information architecture review• competitor audits
The nodemap is also good for
• selling the value of information architecture• impressing clients and stakeholders
