In working on enterprise taxonomy projects, the issue of scale always comes up. “Scale” is a word that gets tossed around a lot but what does it really mean for taxonomies? How can taxonomies scale? What do organizations need to think about when considering requirements for taxonomy scale? We’ve found that the best way to …
Here at Factor, one of our core values is sharing what we learn with our customers and the community of practice. Our success stories should not exist in a vacuum, and we are always happy to offer some insights into our processes. Because we’re interested in helping others learn how to do this work, Factor …
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Bram Wessel speaks at Interaction 18 in Lyon, France
Transcript of Bram Wessel’s talk at the 2017 Information Architecture Summit in Vancouver, BC, Canada: “Was Nate Silver Wrong? The Crisis of Modeling in an Era of Clickbait, Fake News, and Alternative Facts.”
Your customers can’t buy your products if they can’t find your products. Here at Factor, we spend a lot of time thinking about and designing navigation for e-commerce. It’s the cornerstone of a great e-commerce experience. Great site navigation attracts and converts shoppers. It does this in a few ways: If you have a large product assortment, …
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How do you build a good taxonomy? That’s a big question, and it has all kinds of complicated answers. Instead, we’ll ask you: How do you build the right taxonomy? A taxonomy that’s good might not be right for the people who are going to be using it. The right taxonomy will be …
So, you did all this work and built these fantastic taxonomies and navigation models. Aren’t you done yet? Not really. Like architectural or backcountry trip plans, the realities of the situation will require modifications and adjustments to the information architecture. The taxonomies, metadata, content models, and navigation that make up the IA will all be tested during implementation. …
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Bram Wessel and Gary Carlson briefly describe the basics of Enterprise Information Models at the Seattle Information Architecture Meetup.
People actually using the solution, adoption, is the most important factor in the success of a SharePoint project. On a very real level, it doesn’t matter how functional everything is if people refuse to use it. And they do refuse sometimes.
Check out Gary Carlson’s talk “Putting the Go in Governance” from Taxonomy Boot Camp 2015
