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Mapping the Way Forward UX Scotland 2014
This document discusses various types of maps and mapping concepts. It begins by showing examples of historical maps from different cultures and time periods. It then discusses different types of maps like topological maps, concept maps, organizational charts, and more. The document suggests that anything can be mapped using pairs of opposites. It presents a scenario of mapping out the departments in a regional government to understand their relationships and content workflows. The mapping process involves identifying each department, positioning them on a coordinate system, and noting connections between them. The goal is to get a sense of the environment to determine how to improve content consistency across departments.
Mapping the Way Forward UX Scotland 2014
- 1. MAPPING THE WAYFORWARD Richard Ingram @richardjingram UX Scotland, 19th June 2014 #uxscot
- 2. OpenStreetMap of Boston,MA So much to see and do and yet my stay was short.
- 3. Sketched map ofBoston, MA I didn’t need an accurate map. My friends edited out what I didn’t need.
- 4. ©TrusteesoftheBritish Museum Babylonian map ofthe world Clay tablet, probably from Sippar, southern Iraq (c.700-500 BC) Babylon
- 5. ©TrusteesoftheBritish Museum Hereford Mappa Mundi(‘Sheet of the World’) Inked parchment, the largest medieval map known to still exist (c.1300) London Edinburgh
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- 10. Walt Disney’s business map,1957 Depictsa central film asset and its supporting entertainment assets
- 11. Growth of LasVegas, NV 1984–2012 Google Earth timelapse constructed from satellite imagery
- 12. Radial hierarchical organisationstructure About as complex and contradictory as its name suggests
- 13. John Rocque’s mapof London, 1746 Rocque deliberately left out the city’s unsavoury elements
- 14. John Rocque’s mapof London, 1746 Rocque deliberately left out the city’s unsavoury elements
- 15. John Rocque’s mapof London, 1746 Rocque deliberately left out the city’s unsavoury elements
- 16. Map of organisation-widecontent distribution Or that giant hairball the cat coughed up yesterday. Equally yucky.
- 17. MAPPING OUT ASTORY Beyond physical geography
- 18. Wabash river Ohio river Mississippiriver ©TrusteesoftheBritish Museum Native North American buckskin map Possibly used in land negotiations with the British (c.1744)
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- 20. LIGHT HEAT SUN gives gives Exploded view Conceptmap Different maps, same basic building blocks
- 21. Topological map Starmap Different maps, same basic building blocks
- 22. North South EastWest Find your coordinatesystem Anything can be mapped using pairs of opposites
- 23. Find your coordinatesystem Anything can be mapped using pairs of opposites Expensive Cheap Slow Fast
- 24. Find your coordinatesystem Anything can be mapped using pairs of opposites High Low Small Large
- 25. Plot your landmarks Startwith the most prominent feature, then move outward
- 26. N Plot your landmarks Startwith the most prominent feature, then move outward
- 27. FINDING OUR WAY Theunfamiliar environment
- 28. Content ProcessesPeople Tackling that complextrinity Content governance is an important tool for this end
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- 34. ... ✓ ✗ Maintaining content consistencyis hard Particularly when many contributors have other responsibilities Style
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- 40. Regional English Council Approx.15,000 staff 7 departments Serving approx. 700,000 people Scenario: Design a new content workflow
- 41. Digital Services department (Ourheroes) Our varied, siloed environment Some departments are responsible for 100s of pages, while others only a few
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- 43. me! Map Expert guide(Mandy) Our varied, siloed environment How to find our bearings in unfamiliar surroundings
- 44. Our varied, siloedenvironment To discover how content decisions are made and how they could be improved, we need to figure out who best to talk to Mandy ? ?? ? ?
- 45. Let’s map ourenvironment Digital
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- 61. Planning We’ll begin bymarking out each of the seven departments
- 62. LargeSmall Fast Slow Let’s deviseour coordinate system Digital
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