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USING
CATEGORISATION
SYSTEMS TO
CHOOSE THE BEST
IA APPROACH
Radio producer
ABC radio
BA Comms
Project manager
Guide Dogs
Amnesty International
NSW Government
MA, Information and knowledge management
Content strategist
First Australians Capital
HBF insurance
Woolworths
Art Gallery NSW
ASIC
IAG
Sydney University
City of Sydney
Australian Museum
Qantas
Atlassian
NSW Government
Virgin Mobile
Foxtel
Dip, Graphic design
Grad cert, Artificial intelligence
2
HELLO,
I’M ELLE
3
Who has
created
an IA?
4
HOW DO
YOU START?
5
Content
audit
Content
analysis
Analytics
User
research
User
tasks
Key
business
drivers
IA INPUTS
6
Content
audit
Content
analysis
Analytics
User
research
User
tasks
Key
business
drivers
IA INPUTS
Content
strategy
What are the SEO
implications
How deep
should it be?
7
IA QUESTIONS
How many
groups?
IA shape?
Labeling
conventions?
How many
clicks?
How
many
levels can I
have?
Can I use
acronyms?
How wide should
my IA be?
Why am
I
doing this!
How
many
words can
I use in
my label?
How many
options at
each level?
Taxonomy?
8 Photo by Hans-Peter Gauster on Unsplash
WHERE TO START?
9
01
Subject types
eg Dogs, Home,
Insurance, Dresses 02
User groups
eg Teacher, Media,
Industry 03
User mindset
eg Beginner, Expert
04
Ergonomic
eg Highly trafficked
content 05
Strategic value
eg Indigenous focus,
New product launch 06 eg Recycle more,
Complete form on time
Desired behaviours
07
Time
eg Most recent, Next
week, Wednesdays 08
Geography
eg Closest to you,
Postcode, Country
09
Alphabetical
eg ABC
10
Template type
eg Form, Video
11
Process
eg Start, Beginning,
End
12
Hybrid
A hybrid of the above
CATEGORISATION OPTIONS
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10
Richard
Saul
Wurman
LATCH
Location
Alphabet
Time
Category
Hierarchy
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11
Meetup
Sydney Content Strategy Meetup
www.sydneycontentstrategy.com/
Training
workshops
November - online
www.ellegeraghty.com/training
1 2
Blog
How to categorise content
https://www.ellegeraghty.com/blog/
2019/how-to-categorise-content
4
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www.slideshare.net/catellest/
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