[Sigia-l] Questions about card sorting

Barford, Patricia PBarford at epcor.ca
Mon Oct 18 17:48:04 EDT 2004


A great piece and the one that prompted my questions. I was left
wondering what would be the best choices for my situation. I'm still
curious as to the pros and cons of group vs. individual sorts.


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Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 3:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Questions about card sorting

Exactly the reason Donna and I wrote the following article:
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/archives/
card_sorting_a_definitive_guide.php

Let me know if you have any more questions after reading it.

On Oct 18, 2004, at 4:26 PM, Barford, Patricia wrote:

> I'm involved in the redesign of a very large corporate intranet 
> (14,000 pages). We've decided to do a card sort,but I'd like some 
> feedback as to methods and types.  What are the advantages (or not) of

> using groups vs.
> individuals; and open vs. closed sorts? How many groups and what size 
> work best?


Cheers!

Todd R. Warfel
Partner, Design and Usability Specialist MessageFirst | making products
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