[Sigia-l] Quiet Death of the Major Relaunch

[Juan Ruiz]

Hi Frank,

>From my experience, I would say "it depends". I know it is a very broad answer, but let me get more into it.

Most of the time, when we agreed that the design is dead, we fail to get the buy-in from the stakeholders and site's users. They are use to what they have, and they don't want to change. And without the buy-in, we don't have a budget, we don't have resources.

One thing I learn from James Robertson's IA workshop is that you could start by fixing small parts of the current site, that way, you build momentum on the re-design. Once the stakeholders and site users see the changes on the current site, use the new feature and see that you can bring more benefit to the site by doing an entire re-design, you go the buy-in!

I hope this helps,
-Juan

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From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Frank Siraguso
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 2:18 AM
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: [Sigia-l] Quiet Death of the Major Relaunch

I'd like some help, please. What's the general consensus or conventional
wisdom on totally redesigning a site vs. incremental changes? I'm sort
of in the latter camp, but do think there's a time when a design has
reached a dead end or a design that is inherently flawed needs to be
scrapped (the silk purse syndrome). Then, too, there's always the issue
of enough resources (i.e., people) to make the changes in a timely
fashion. Any links to articles, studies, etc., will be appreciated.
Thanks for your help!

Frank Siraguso
Web Writer
The University of Kansas Hospital
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IA Summit 2008: "Experiencing Information"
April 10-14, 2008, Miami, Florida

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