Developing an information architecture
- 2. INTRODUCTION IA IN A NUTSHELL THE ROLE OF INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE WHY IA IS IMPORTANT IN BUSINESS CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
- 3. Information architecture is considered to have been founded by Richard Saul Wurman. Information architecture is the practice structuring information(knowledge or data) for a purpose. These are often structured according to their context in user interactions or larger databases. Information architecture is the art of organization of information on a website, mobile or web application, so using it the website will be simple and intuitive.
- 4. This term is closely tied to the concept of user experience (UX), which is a collection of impressions while using a digital product. Experience does not end only at the time of interaction, but also after its occurrence.
- 5. The Information Architecture is more about the structure of the entire website or application, while the UX relates to the user impressions and experiences. In practice IA is reduced to organizing information, that is: categorizing content, creating a consistent navigation, site map, and naming individual content groups. It is also the skeleton of the whole project, on the basic of which you create further views, visual elements, interactions or functionality.
- 6. IA allows the user to reach the content easily, without much effort. The inadequate structure of the app will discourage him and frustrate. The organization of information in an online product itself depends on the user’s needs, but also on business priorities For example , the structure of the information in the case of a blog or a landing page will look very different.
- 7. The IA designer is a complement to the design team. His main tasks are research, navigation, data modelling and labelling. He often uses tools such as card sorting, usability tests, stakeholders and user interviews. The IA architecture is responsible for how a will navigate through the web product and reach the relevant information. The way in which users will use an application or website depends largely on how information is presented and organised.
- 8. In order to take care of a well-designed information architecture, you should answer to questions: How do you organize and divide information? How do you present information? How do you communicate the way you navigate through the app? How will the user navigate in the application? How will the user look for information?
- 9. The components that make up a good IA are: Organization system Labeling system Navigation system Searching system In summary, a well-designed information architecture is an intuitive and efficient user experience. For this reason, not only UX skills are necessary to create a good web product, IA skills are equally important. Only then can it be possible to create a project meeting the users’ needs.
- 10. It should be able to search for right data and information and locate the stored database. It should exchange business information properly, data interchange and the interorganizational exchange of business. A large volume of repetitive standard actions. Efficiency measured by productivity doing things better. Effectiveness accomplished by broadening the scope of individual tasks, jobs or processes within an organization could never do before. Competitive advantage gained by the enterprise doing better and new things for the customer.
- 11. “ An architecture description is a formal description of a system, organized in a way that supports reasoning about the structural properties of the system. It defines the components or building blocks and provides a plan from which products can be procured ,and systems developed, that will work together to implement the overall system. It thus enables you to manage investment in a way that meets (business) needs.”