[Sigia-l] card sorting: dealing with multiple placements

[Todd R.Warfel]

In our methodology, we provide them with extra cards for the following 
purposes:
- titling the groups
- adding content items that they feel are missing
- adding an existing content item to a second category

We don't suggest that they put content items into more than one place. 
However, if they ask if they can, we respond with "You should put the 
content where ever you would expect to find it. If that means you would 
expect to find it in more than one place, then that's where you should 
put it. The goal here is to group the content into groups or buckets 
that you feel are similar and that you would expect to find together."

This may or may not differ from your approach. Again, I didn't say it 
never happens, I said that typically, this doesn't happen.

What you're looking for during a card sort is common themes - you're 
trying to the mental model a user has of the product.

On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 08:04 AM, donna at maadmob.net wrote:

> I've done lots of card sorts (not hundreds) and I suggest people put
> things into mulitple places if they feel strongly that they can't 
> choose
> just one place - I even give them spare cards to let them do so.

Cheers!

Todd R. Warfel

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