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    1. Adam Polansky Lead Information Architect Travelocity.com A PROCESS BY ANY OTHER NAME… Applying Information Architecture With Bridges, Cooking & Hardware
    2. Some bridges occur naturally
    3. Some bridges occur intuitively
    4. Some bridges extend from their environments
    5. Some bridges augment their environments
    6. Some bridges are purely functional
    7. Some bridges are aesthetic
    8. Some bridges are used for people
    9. Some bridges are not
    10. Some bridges take on purposes for which they weren’t intended
    11. Worse Thing: Push-back because time needed for artifacts seen as bottle-neck Bad Thing: Misguided demand for a process based on artifacts. Good Thing: IA is becoming recognized in more firms. THERE AIN’T NO RECIPE!
    12. Shhhhhh! Matters not…. the process does
    13. Every development process includes three basic areas of activity. The job of the IA is to find ways to close the gaps between them COMMON FOR ALL PROCESSES Idea Plan Build IA IA
    14. So there’s this guy….
    15. Origin Info Vehicle Destination Disposition INFORMATION TRANSFER
      • Look at these elements.
      • Characterize the forces that act
      • upon them.
      • Decide what you can do to bridge
      • the communication gaps.
    16. Domain Expertise Institutional Knowledge System Constraints Location of Resources New Development New Technology Mature or Existing Product Skill Sets Time Cost Quality CHARACTERIZATION FORCES Size of Team
      • Annotated Wireframe
      • Annotated Mock-ups
      • Narrative Document
      • Interaction-Level Spec
      FACTORING FORCES IN Idea Plan Build IA IA
      • Conversation
      • White board
      • Thumbnail Sketch
      • Process Flow
      • Site Map
      • Lo-Fi Wireframe
      • Hi-Fi Wireframe
      • Interactive Wireframe
      FORCES? FORCES?
      • IF:
      • The team is small
      • They’ve all worked together on the product before
      • They’re all located in the same room
      • Time is short (but reasonable)
      • The features exist elsewhere in same site
      • Documentation exists from previous projects
      • THEN:
      • White-board session to see where high level changes occur
      • Tactical Wireframes to model the functionality
      • Annotated Screen shots from existing product to show where changes occur
      FACTORING FORCES IN Idea Plan Build
      • BUT… IF:
      • The team is small
      • Some of them worked together on the product before
      • Some of them are located in Bangalor and they are new to the team
      • Time is short (but reasonable)
      • The features are new to the site
      • No documentation exists from previous projects
      • THEN:
      • Process Flows to see where high level changes occur
      • Tactical Wireframes to model the functionality
      • Detailed functional spec to include screen shots and interaction details
      FACTORING FORCES IN Idea Plan Build
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    24. It’s not the process. It’s not the tools. It’s the practitioner. Choose artifacts based upon your understanding of the forces that will affect communication
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