[ Usability ] - Information Architecture
For those who like to know “what is Information Architecture?” and how it is used in designing products, refer Webmonkey’s tutorial about Information Architecture. It is short, and precise tutorial which doesnt take more than 30 minutes to read. When you finish reading it, you will get a good understanding about “Information Architecture”.
In a short form, Information Architecture or IA, is a simple process of defining & building a blueprint of a software / webstie / web application. Webmonkey’s tutorial suggests 5 stages to design the IA of a software/website/web app.
They are
1. Define your goals,
2. Know your audience and Competitors
3. Define the Site Content
4. Define the Site Structure
5. Visual Design
Though webmonkey’s tutorial is focused on IA for websites, it doesnt deviate to a greate angle from the default IA concepts.
Here is the article link:
http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/design/site_building/tutorials/tutorial1.html
-Rajesh