Poster 1st presented at 2015 Information Architecture Summit.

1. Meta Architecture: The Architecture of Information Architecture
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Tech
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Description The IA DudeMe
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Description
The person who is the
decision maker and or holds
the purse strings for the
project.
Stakeholder
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2
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Description
Hardcore coder. All
about the UML, ERDs
and Cheetos.
Developer
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Description
Takes fluff and turns it
into product ready
designs
UI Designer
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Description
The whole reason
everyone is here. Plus
User Centered Design
Lab Rat.
User
Expense
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Quantitative
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Qualitative
4
Description
A biographic sketch
of a prototypical
user.Persona
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Qualitative
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Description
A pared down
design of a user
interface.Wireframe
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Description
A minimally
functioning model
used to test users
and communicate
concepts.Prototype
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Description
A diagram that
depicts relationships
and interactions
among objects.Concept Map
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Description
A listing of all
existing and future
content objects in a
design.Content Inventory
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Description
A collection of
artifacts and
narrative to
communicate
design.Report
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Quantitative
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Qualitative
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Description
An interview of a
user while they
perform tasks
related to product
function.
Contextual
Interview
UsetoInterview
User
Stores information from interview
Exchangeinformationininterviewsession
Attributes populate
Used
to
aid
in
buildingusecases
Tests designs
Organizes Complex physical
relations
Modeltodevelopcodeobjects
Used to ensure all content is accounted for
BlueprintforUserInterfaces
Providesinformationtotake
executiveaction
Feedback to drive refinement
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Description
The persona that
describes personas
Meta Persona
Personas
Determine all of the types of people that
you have to interact with to accomplish
your job. This includes all of your
coworkers, clients, bosses and external
teams. Use their job titles to build the
personas for your meta architecture.
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Quantitative
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Qualitative
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Description
Content to describe the
content of your proces
Meta Content
Content
What artifacts do you create doing a
project? Don’t think of just the
deliverables you present to the client, what
about items you make for the developers
or other designers? Also you may make
notes and sketches for yourself.
Everything is on the table!
Developed for Poster Night, IA Summit 2015
This Diagram depicts the concept map of the deliverables that make
up my Architecture and the persona they serve. The intent is to align
each deliverable and serve as the basis to validate each deliverable.
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PREPARED BY: Ren Pope
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