Towards a framework to analyse information architecture work practices

  • Authors:
  • Björn Busch-Geertsema;Sandrine Balbo;John Murphy;Scott Davey

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Melbourne;University of Melbourne;Design 4 Use;Datalink

  • Venue:
  • OZCHI '05 Proceedings of the 17th Australia conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Citizens Online: Considerations for Today and the Future
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

This paper reports early findings based on comparing working practices and understandings of information architecture (IA) practitioners. We interviewed and observed a web developer who is also doing the implementation of his IAs. We also interviewed consultants with formal human computer interaction & ergonomics approach to IA. The paper extracts from the literature, our interviews and our observations basic techniques an information architect uses; these findings are presented via two case scenarios. We then propose the IA framework that enables us to analyse differences in IA work practices.