[Sigia-l] Deliverables

[Listera]

I was once shown a 2x4 feet "map" of data I/O patterns for a financial
project. It was an unbelievably complex explosion of symbols and lines. They
told me it took a team two months to do it in Illustrator. I asked how many
times it was actually used. I was told it was used once for the meeting it
was intended for and once or twice afterwards. Of course, this
"visualization" aid came with its own hefty printed "documentation".

Anyhow, if you ever wanted an example of "deliverables culture" in IA gone
mad you could do worse than this:

http://www.dynamicdiagrams.com/case_studies/holtzbrinck_map.html

Sample closeup:
http://www.aalab.net/projects/maps/images/dyndiaholtzbig.gif

Ziya
Nullius in Verba 

P.S. I remain a fan of many of Dynamic Diagrams' visually elegant
presentation material.