[Sigia-l] Building an Information Architecture Team

[Peter Morville]

Please note that the section under discussion in the book Ziya hasn't
read is titled "The Dream Team," and is clearly presented as a
thought-experiment in what might happen in some contexts in the
future...so, of course it's debatable :-)


Peter Morville
President, Semantic Studios
www.semanticstudios.com


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From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org] On Behalf
Of Pradyot Rai
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 12:06 PM
To: sigia-l at asis.org; lquiroga at hawaii.edu
Cc: russ at bluechromedesign.com
Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] Building an Information Architecture Team


>> Ziya wrote:
>> > A business analyst, a database architect, a librarian, a 
>> > statistician, an interface designer, a usability 'engineer' or 
>> > those with even fancier titles such as user experience or 
>> > interaction designers would normally contribute in one fashion or 
>> > another to the general architecture of a site. BUT  they
>> would hardly be pleased to be included in what you call
>> > an "information architecture team." They all have their titles and 
>> > fiefdoms to cultivate.
>>
>> True and oh, so sad. And how many aspects of methodologies, 
>> organizational structure and compensation schemes work to further 
>> silo the "team" into their own sub-specialties and fiefdoms?
>
> Isn't all that a bit harsh?

Nope... that is just a bitter pill. You must swallow it with lot of
water.

Nobody dis-regard the 'Information Architecture' as a role in building
the information space. Rather it all done by all kind of people wheather
they call themself Interface Designer, Usability Experts, User
Experience specialists, or Information Architects themself. The root
cause of contention has been that some percieve "information
Architecture" accompasing so many domians as pure "marketing" and
"political" gimmic.

Don't get me wrong too. I am in the same noble profession myself, but I
feel that the Chapter 15 of the holly book that we quoted, is really
debatable.

Pradyot Rai


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