[Sigia-l] Anyone suggest a better global list?

[Peter Morville]

As a practicing information architect, I'd have to agree with Skot. Designers and developers have absorbed the basic skills of IA, but there remain many environments where people who specialize in strategic and/or tactical IA are required. I focus primarily on strategic IA and find myself having to refer some really good work to others, because I can't meet demand.

At the same time, I believe the emergence of cross-platform, multi-channel, (ubiquitous, pervasive, ambient) experiences is opening up a whole new set of challenges for information architects and other mapmakers. In the next 5-10 years, we will need to create a new set of "basic skills" for designers and developers to absorb.

This will require discussion, so I'm pleased to see that sigia has survived into 2011. Happy New Year!

Peter Morville
President, Semantic Studios
http://semanticstudios.com/
http://findability.org/


On Dec 31, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Skot Nelson wrote:

> I disagree with the premise that it's been absorbed, but acknowledge that a basic skill set may have and that for many organizations that "basic" skill set suffices.
> 
> Project management should never have been it's own discipline. It's a skill set, but there are times when a dedicated project manager is appropriate.
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> Similarly designers need to be aware of usability and information architecture concepts, but there are still Many times when a dedicated usability position may be important.
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> Skot Nelson