[Sigia-l] survey: what are the things we do and make as

Wed May 14 20:23:03 EDT 2008

More along the lines of end-to-end UX...

_Product Roadmaps
_Use Cases
_Hub & Spokes
_Worflow/Taskflow diagrams
_Rapid prototypes

...and of course IA related content inventory/audits, sitemaps, wireframes et al

sigia-l-request at asis.org wrote:

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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 10:56:33 +1000
> From: Eric Scheid <eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au>
> Subject: [Sigia-l] survey: what are the things we do and make as IAs?
> To: sigia l <sigia-l at asis.org>
> Message-ID: <C44F2461.145C04%eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au>
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> A few years back I did a simple survey on the things we do and make as IAs.
> Might be time to repeat that survey and see what's changed.
> 
> Very simply, take a minute or three and jot down the names of any IA thing -
> regardless of whether it be an activity, a method, or a deliverable. Just
> start typing off the top of your head, stop when you feel tempted to look
> something up from a book or website. Don't stop to classify or sort your
> list in any way, and don't worry if the thing you jot down is also used by
> other disciplines. I'd also prefer names of things over descriptions or
> prose. I'm not after an exhaustively comprehensive list, I'm more interested
> in the zeitgeist du jour.
> 
> In short, simply jot down the *names* of the things we do and make as IAs.
> 
> Post your list as a reply.
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> e.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:26:43 +1000
> From: Matthew Hodgson <MHodgson at smsmt.com>
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] survey: what are the things we do and make as
> 	IAs?
> To: Eric Scheid <eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au>, sigia l
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> The cards from IA Summit this year would make a good starting point :)
> 
> M
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> From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org [sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Eric Scheid [eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 10:56 AM
> To: sigia l
> Subject: [Sigia-l] survey: what are the things we do and make as IAs?
> 
> A few years back I did a simple survey on the things we do and make as IAs.
> Might be time to repeat that survey and see what's changed.
> 
> Very simply, take a minute or three and jot down the names of any IA thing -
> regardless of whether it be an activity, a method, or a deliverable. Just
> start typing off the top of your head, stop when you feel tempted to look
> something up from a book or website. Don't stop to classify or sort your
> list in any way, and don't worry if the thing you jot down is also used by
> other disciplines. I'd also prefer names of things over descriptions or
> prose. I'm not after an exhaustively comprehensive list, I'm more interested
> in the zeitgeist du jour.
> 
> In short, simply jot down the *names* of the things we do and make as IAs.
> 
> Post your list as a reply.
> 
> e.
> 
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:55:48 +1000
> From: Eric Scheid <eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au>
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] survey: what are the things we do and make as
> 	IAs?
> To: sigia l <sigia-l at asis.org>
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> On 13/5/08 11:26 AM, "Matthew Hodgson" <MHodgson at smsmt.com> wrote:
> 
>> The cards from IA Summit this year would make a good starting point :)
> 
> Ah, but which specific ones do you remember? Please note I'm not after a
> comprehensive list, I'm looking for 'top of mind' responses. If I asked for
> "categories of movies etc found at Blockbusters", you might respond with
> "action, drama, romance, comedy, spy, anime, scifi" .. which is a perfectly
> fine answer despite not being the full and complete list.
> 
> So .. name me the first five or ten or three things that come to mind when I
> ask "what are the things that IAs do or make?"
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> e.
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 14:12:52 +1200
> From: Mike Brown <mike.brown at signify.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] survey: what are the things we do and make as
> 	IAs?
> To: sigIA-L <sigia-l at asis.org>
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> Eric Scheid wrote:
>> In short, simply jot down the *names* of the things we do and make as IAs.
> 
> - talk about strategy
> - talk about audience(s)
> - do sketches on paper
> - conduct workshops
> - do sitemaps
> - do wireframes on paper
> - do wireframes in Visio
> - look at workflows (eg for apps)
> - leave everything behind for a few days while it mulls away somewhere 
> in the back of your mind
> - come back with a breakthrough thought (big or large)
> - or not
> - sell the client on the "bigger picture" (hint: it's not about 
> drop-down menus)
> - be an advocate for people using the site
> 
> 
> Hmm, ok, not quite *names*. But they were on the top of my head :)
> 
> Mike
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 20:02:49 -0700
> From: "Tom Donehower" <tdonehower at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] survey: what are the things we do and make as
> 	IAs?
> To: "Eric Scheid" <eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au>
> Cc: sigia l <sigia-l at asis.org>
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> Some that come to mind:
> 
> -Wireframes
> -Sitemaps
> -Analysis of client and competing sites
> -Read and Respond to LISTSERV emails ;-)
> 
> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Eric Scheid <eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au>
> wrote:
> 
>> A few years back I did a simple survey on the things we do and make as
>> IAs.
>> Might be time to repeat that survey and see what's changed.
>>
>>
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