[Sigia-l] validating an achitecture?

[Eric Scheid]

On 28/3/06 3:03 AM, "Stewart Dean" <stew8dean at hotmail.com> wrote:

> So, really, validating IA using card sorting sounds like working out who has
> won 100m sprint by giving someone the names of the runners.

but is it any better than alternative methods? Is it any better, even
marginally, than random selection or duck entrails?

Apart from using a Closed Card Sort [1] to test site structure, what other
methods might be used, and would the results be quantifiable enough to
compare?

I'd like to see the results of a Card Based Classification Evaluation [2]
compared against the results of a Closed Card Sort, and both interpreted in
light of the results of a Category Agreement Analysis [3]. Are there
existing heuristics for validating site architecture? Apart from the
abominable three click rule [4] of course! What other methods would you
suggest?

e.

[1] http://IAwiki.net/ClosedCardSort
[2] http://IAwiki.net/CBCE
[3] http://IAwiki.net/CAA
[4] http://IAwiki.net/ThreeClickRule