“IA in a Complex Business Context” was presented at the 2015 IA Summit in Minneapolis, Minnesota. If you were at the talk and want to give feedback, you can rate it at SpeakerRate. I’d also love your feedback, find me on Twitter at @Documentalope. I’m going to tell you a story about some things I regret, …
The issue is rarely building the taxonomy itself, but the organizational readiness and alignment required to build and support that taxonomy.
From umbrella topics like UX or Taxonomy to more specific terms like Enterprise Content Management or Pre-cart Findability, design comes in when someone has a big mess and they need help fixing it.
Gary Carlson and Bram Wessel recently spoke about lessons that Factor team members have learned through various e-Commerce engagements.
Designing a taxonomy is the process of defining its structure. It details how different relationships will be used, formatting of the labels, and the attributes that will be associated with each term and relationship. The design process is also the right time to consider the governance and maintenance procedures for the taxonomy along with the technical implementation considerations.
Big Data offers the promise of prediction but the focus on data and processing may prevent us from confronting our real challenges in the information space. Why considering Hard Content may lead to implementation worthy innovation.
At the end of the day, taxonomies are a means to an end and are rarely valuable on their own. They’re the bridge in the conversation between a business and its customers, an information system and its users.
Conducting design workshops in professional settings poses an entirely different set of challenges than educational settings. Create an environment where clients can get involved and see results.
Conducting a design workshop can help bring stakeholders together to iterate potential solutions from within their business context. Every workshop brings new lessons on how to improve collaboration and better design experiences.
Teaching User Experience at the School of Visual Concepts, Factor’s Bram Wessel learns how UX is growing to meet design challenges with innovation and a rich practitioner community.
