[Sigia-l] sitemap question

[Dinesh Nair]

To clarify:

1. The navigation links exist for one related page to
another page or multiple related pages. 

2. Navigation paths for all the user tasks do not
exist in one single page. So if you reach Create page,
you can see Create Employee and Create Leave Request
links, but you cannot see an Approve Leave Request
link.

The problem area is: Is it worth organizing all the
tasks with the related nav paths in the user guide,
for example:

Task: Submit The Leave Request
Nav Path: Home page > Web Forms > Create > Leave

Including navigation paths in documentation might also
involve business costs due to translation. 

OR

Will a sitemap (that lists all the links for all the
tasks in a page) prove more helpful for the user?


--- Biswa Dutta Jena <bd at faceeffect.com> wrote:

> It is a good practice to put navigational links to
> related web pages 
> when related information is being displayed
> somewhere else. When someone 
> is accessing some information, the data remains
> fresh in the mind and a 
> navigational link provides a great help if presented
> with the data.
> 
> Dinesh Nair wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I was wondering if it is a good usability practice
> to
> > include navigation paths to web pages in the
> > documentation. Or is it just better to design a
> site
> > map for the online tool.
> >
> > Here's an example:
> >
> > Consider, you have a web-based tool and users are
> > having a hard time navigating to the web pages for
> > performing a task. For instance, user submits a
> leave
> > request using a HRMS tool and supervisor approves
> the
> > request using the same tool. Should the navigation
> > paths be listed in the documentation or should a
> site
> > map be included in the tool? 
> >  
> > The reason why the users are facing navigation
> > problems might be because of the numerous
> functions
> > available with the tool.
> >
> > An example of a task and the related nav path:
> >  
> > Task: Submit The Leave Request
> > Nav Path: Home page > Web Forms > Create > Leave
> >  
> > Thank You,
> > Dinesh Nair
> >
> >   
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> *Biswa Dutta Jena*
> FaceEffect.com <http://www.faceeffect.com>
> 



	
		
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