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Evidence Guide: ICTWEB508 - Develop website information architecture

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ICTWEB508 - Develop website information architecture

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Identify content needs

  1. Identify the strategic intent of the website from the business requirements and client expectations
  2. Develop information requirements based on the website’s intent, intended audiences, types of client interactions, and the long and short-term goals for the site
  3. Identify the required information, and group into business schemes related to the business structure
  4. Determine the content requirements for each process
  5. Identify any security access requirements
Identify the strategic intent of the website from the business requirements and client expectations

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Develop information requirements based on the website’s intent, intended audiences, types of client interactions, and the long and short-term goals for the site

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Identify the required information, and group into business schemes related to the business structure

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Determine the content requirements for each process

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Identify any security access requirements

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Plan the content structure

  1. Cluster and document the information in related topics
  2. Develop a hierarchy and site map of the information
  3. Check data to confirm the sequence of hierarchy
  4. Ensure that labels are clear, consistent, coherent and relatively intuitive for the client to access
Cluster and document the information in related topics

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Develop a hierarchy and site map of the information

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Check data to confirm the sequence of hierarchy

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Ensure that labels are clear, consistent, coherent and relatively intuitive for the client to access

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Develop the navigation system

  1. Build a navigation system for the overall website, based on the business requirements
  2. Ensure ease of navigation on the site, and provide different ways of searching, while providing feedback to the client
  3. Ensure that navigation is accessible
Build a navigation system for the overall website, based on the business requirements

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Ensure ease of navigation on the site, and provide different ways of searching, while providing feedback to the client

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Ensure that navigation is accessible

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Test and sign off

  1. Construct the prototype of the information architecture design
  2. Arrange for a subset of the client to test the prototype for usability, and to determine if the architecture meets client expectations
  3. Ensure that the site content will format in the business and client technical environment
  4. Adjust the architecture based on client feedback
  5. Sign off the prototype, and confirm that current and future business requirements are met
Construct the prototype of the information architecture design

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Arrange for a subset of the client to test the prototype for usability, and to determine if the architecture meets client expectations

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Ensure that the site content will format in the business and client technical environment

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Adjust the architecture based on client feedback

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Sign off the prototype, and confirm that current and future business requirements are met

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Identify content needs

1.1 Identify the strategic intent of the website from the business requirements and client expectations

1.2 Develop information requirements based on the website’s intent, intended audiences, types of client interactions, and the long and short-term goals for the site

1.3 Identify the required information, and group into business schemes related to the business structure

1.4 Determine the content requirements for each process

1.5 Identify any security access requirements

2. Plan the content structure

2.1 Cluster and document the information in related topics

2.2 Develop a hierarchy and site map of the information

2.3 Check data to confirm the sequence of hierarchy

2.4 Ensure that labels are clear, consistent, coherent and relatively intuitive for the client to access

3. Develop the navigation system

3.1 Build a navigation system for the overall website, based on the business requirements

3.2 Ensure ease of navigation on the site, and provide different ways of searching, while providing feedback to the client

3.3 Ensure that navigation is accessible

4. Test and sign off

4.1 Construct the prototype of the information architecture design

4.2 Arrange for a subset of the client to test the prototype for usability, and to determine if the architecture meets client expectations

4.3 Ensure that the site content will format in the business and client technical environment

4.4 Adjust the architecture based on client feedback

4.5 Sign off the prototype, and confirm that current and future business requirements are met

Required Skills and Knowledge

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Identify content needs

1.1 Identify the strategic intent of the website from the business requirements and client expectations

1.2 Develop information requirements based on the website’s intent, intended audiences, types of client interactions, and the long and short-term goals for the site

1.3 Identify the required information, and group into business schemes related to the business structure

1.4 Determine the content requirements for each process

1.5 Identify any security access requirements

2. Plan the content structure

2.1 Cluster and document the information in related topics

2.2 Develop a hierarchy and site map of the information

2.3 Check data to confirm the sequence of hierarchy

2.4 Ensure that labels are clear, consistent, coherent and relatively intuitive for the client to access

3. Develop the navigation system

3.1 Build a navigation system for the overall website, based on the business requirements

3.2 Ensure ease of navigation on the site, and provide different ways of searching, while providing feedback to the client

3.3 Ensure that navigation is accessible

4. Test and sign off

4.1 Construct the prototype of the information architecture design

4.2 Arrange for a subset of the client to test the prototype for usability, and to determine if the architecture meets client expectations

4.3 Ensure that the site content will format in the business and client technical environment

4.4 Adjust the architecture based on client feedback

4.5 Sign off the prototype, and confirm that current and future business requirements are met

Evidence of the ability to:

identify the strategic business requirements for the website

develop and design, the information architecture for a complex website

develop a site map, outlining the navigation hierarchy of a complex website

test the access path to all sections of the website, and obtain client approval.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

describe how e-business sites fit into a corporate strategy

outline the importance of client and business liaison

summarise the purpose and function of cascading style sheets (CSS)

describe the use of hypertext markup language (HTML), extensible hypertext markup language (XHTML) and hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), in web design

outline the implications of technology connectivity and documentation of technical specifications

summarise World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards

explain the website architecture and business process design, and the linkages between processes

outline the importance of website accessibility.