Fwd: [Sigia-l] Questionnaire on IA - For my masters thesis

Mon Oct 6 17:01:25 EDT 2003

-----Original Message-----
From: nramanan at speakeasy.net [mailto:nramanan at speakeasy.net]
Sent: Monday, October 6, 2003 09:00 PM
To: 'Dave Collins'
Subject: Re:  [Sigia-l] Questionnaire on IA - For my masters thesis

Hi

Thanks for taking an interest. I realise that it is not clear enough. Sorry about that.
What I meant was, information about the role that you had played in developing the web site, either for the company that you are working at or for one of your clients. It would greatly help to have information, if you can, about a few of the web sites that you have developed.

Thanks again

Ramanan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Collins [mailto:DCollins at phoenix-interactive.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 6, 2003 08:51 PM
> To: sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] Questionnaire on IA - For my masters thesis
> 
> 
> >"Would like to obtain some basic information about you and your role in the
> >organization and relationship to the web site."
> 
> Context, context, context. Perhaps I'm being obtuse, or missing the point,
> but my first questions are:
> What organization am I apparently part of?
> What website?
> 
> Do you mean the company I work for? My clients? Do you mean my company's
> Website? All the Websites I have built over the years?
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nramanan at speakeasy.net [mailto:nramanan at speakeasy.net] 
>  
> 
> I am currently writing a thesis on Information Architecture for my masters
> program and as a part of it I am conducting a survey. I have attached the
> said questionnaire to the bottom of this email. It would be a great help if
> you could fill it in and send it back to me. 
> 
> 
> Survey Questionnaire 
> ==================== 
> Introduction 
> ============= 
> 
> My name is Natarajan Ramanan and I am enrolled in the Masters Program
> (Management and Systems) at NYU's School of Continuing and Professional
> Studies. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the
> time to fill in the survey request. Please email me at
> nramanan at speakeasy.net , if you need any clarification. 
> 
> This survey is being conducted as a part of the course completion thesis for
> the Master Program of SCPS of the New York University. The thesis is being
> written on the subject of data/information organization with reference to
> information Architecture. The purpose of the questionnaire is to obtain
> information regarding the effect of Information Architecture. 
> 
> Please answer all the questions below so that I can make effective use of
> the information that you provide. Please fill in one survey questionnaire
> for each of the web sites that you are referring to. 
> 
> If you are interested, I would be happy to send you a completed and approved
> version of my thesis paper. Please indicate your interest and add your email
> id to the document so that I would be able to send it to you.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> - 
> 
> Would like to obtain some basic information about you and your role in the
> organization and relationship to the web site. 
> 
> 1. Name of Person filling the Questionnaire (Optional) : 
> 
> 
> 
> 2. What is the url? 
> Ans : 
> 
> 3. How long have you been associated with the web site (in its various
> incarnations) in question? 
> a. Less than 1 year 
> b. More than 1 year less than 3 years 
> c. More than 3 years 
> 
> Ans : 
> 
> 
> 
> 4. What is your role? 
> a. Developer 
> b. Designer 
> c. Content Producer 
> d. Technical Manager 
> e. User Manager 
> f. Other 
> 
> Ans : 
> i. If Other - please specify. 
> 
> 
> Please answer the following questions 
> 
> 1. What is the name of the web site? 
> 
> Ans : 
> 
> 
> 2. What is the nature of the web site, choose from one of the following
> categories 
> a. Intranet 
> b. Extranet 
> c. Content Based -Informational 
> d. E-commerce 
> e. Other 
> 
> Ans : 
> i. If Other - please specify. 
> 
> 
> 3. In your opinion, does Information Architecture mean 
> a. Front-end 
> b. Data organization 
> c. Both 
> d. Other 
> 
> Ans : 
> 
> i. If Other - please specify 
> 
> 4. Did the site have a formal Information Architecture process 
> a. Yes 
> b. No 
> c. Maybe 
> 
> Ans : 
> 
> 
> 5. How do you measure the site's success? Please choose one or more of the
> following 
> a. Page Views 
> b. Repeat Users 
> c. Stickiness 
> d. Unique Visitors 
> e. Polling 
> f. Reviews 
> g. Productivity Gains 
> h. Cost Reduction 
> i. Other 
> 
> Ans : 
> 
> i. If Other - Please specify 
> 
> 
> 6. Do you think organizing the data that the web site is based on, provides
> users with a better experience, overall, than just reorganizing links and
> images on the front-end? 
> a. Yes 
> b. No 
> c. Maybe 
> 
> Ans : 
> 
> 7. Do you think organizing the data that the web site is based on, provides
> users with a better search experience, than just reorganizing links and
> images on the front-end? 
> a. Yes 
> b. No 
> c. Maybe 
> 
> Ans : 
> 
> 8. Do you think organizing the data in the background, makes the site more
> successful, measured by one or more of the success metrics in Q#5? 
> a. Yes 
> b. No 
> c. Maybe 
> 
> Ans : 
> 
> 9. Do you think providing a well organized front-end is more important than
> organizing the information pertaining to the web site? 
> a. Yes 
> b. No 
> c. Maybe 
> 
> Ans : 
> 
> 10. Please describe your experience with Information Architecture, if any,
> either directly or indirectly 
> a. Good 
> b. Bad 
> c. Ok 
> d. No experience 
> 
> Ans : 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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