Re: [IxDA Discuss] Site map, reasoning and how to present it.

[George]

solved, just a few charts of the card sorting, pre and post
restructuring! Thank you guys! the whole presentation is one hell of
a comic book!


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Site map, reasoning and how to present it.

[Jim Brennsteiner]

I derive a site's structure from the organization of the use cases
for that site.

First, I create the use cases, they can be name only (i.e., Consumer
adds item to shopping cart). 

Then, I collect similar use cases into functional packages (or
folders). These functional packages then translate into the structure
of the site. I can then use the Use Case List to show why I structured
a site a certain way.

hope this helps.


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Site map, reasoning and how to present it.

[Russell Stout]

You could try representing the architecture as wireframes then
illustrate the logic of the different user journeys based on the
target audiences / personas?


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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Site map, reasoning and how to present it.

[Manuel Pineault]

Just a quick post to this, I think most of the way information is
structure comes out of cultural norms or mental models.

If you went to a website, where are you most likely to find the
address. If it were me, I would likely go to the contact section.

So to answer your question, I think, technically, it is possible to
visually explain the reasoning, but it would be a long explanation.

I think it has to do more with user interaction behaviour. Perhaps
the best book I could recommend is "Don't Make Me Think" by Steve
Krug 
http://www.amazon.com/Think-Common-Sense-Approach-Usability/dp/0789723107


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[IxDA Discuss] Site map, reasoning and how to present it.

[George]

This is my first post here, long time lurker, first time active. 

I am facing a dilemma.  After presenting the deliverable for a UX
study of a website, my boss asked me to VISUALLY represent the
reasoning behind the sitemap structure.

The site map is divided into parts, each part explaining why it was
built that way (research, testing, inquiry...)

I am totally lost, cannot find a solution to this. How would one
present VISUALLY (not through text and the traditional site map)  the
reasoning behind the site map?

any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks

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