Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify project requirements
- Classify and organise content
- Research and select appropriate thesaurus and metadata standards if relevant
- Organise content and construct a content inventory detailing levels of hierarchy using classification techniques
- Assign labels to content that are appropriate and meaningful for target audiences
- Identify content search requirements
- Discuss proposed content classification with relevant personnel to ensure that it meets project requirements
- Draft information architecture design specifications
- Sketch overall architecture showing the relationship between interactive content
- Design forms that detail content input process if required
- Specify search functionality and search return displays
- Construct wire frame of the content architecture and navigation pathways
- Write draft design specifications to include all relevant advice to development teams
- Present draft design specifications for discussion with and feedback from other team members
- Amend draft design specifications to accommodate feedback as required
- Discuss final draft design specifications with clients to ensure designs are consistent with project requirements
- Finalise information architecture designs