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.

1. Information architecture: A “how-to” Donna Maurer – Maadmob Interaction Design

4. A project overview

5. User research

8. Analyse user research

12. Card sorting - analysis

13. Content analysis

16. Designing information structure

20. Design conceptual structure

24. Design browsing structures & page layouts

25. Don't design in front of the computer!!!

26. Many browse methods

29. Link-rich pages

30. Document it

31. Site maps

32. Wireframes