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Sr Information Architect Specialist Introduction: Relevance of Information Architecture— The IA Model Hello and welcome to my Website! My Website is best viewed in Safari or Firefox. Let us talk about how I can solve your Information Architecture and usability problems. Starting out by doing IA design research, this defines the requirements for conceptual designs. Completing a competitive analysis and writing a design plan, this provides a roadmap for completing the IA design process. If a need for more research and documentation, then performing a card sorting session with participates is required, or doing usability testing. This helps a client to define end users and their needs. Information Architect’s start out by doing research and brainstorming to come up with high-level concepts, it is necessary to do this for an Information Architecture Design Plan Report. Completing a competitive analysis and writing a report, documents requirements for Websites. This helps a client to define their end users and their business plans. Figuring out what the patterns will be, this provides clarity with regard to Information Architecture. Enabling end users to stay found and wayfind on Websites, then implementing clear navigational systems. Building in affordances for end users, so they can navigate. Designing clear interfaces and for consistency in interface designs, this provides clarity for end users. Information Architecture, user-centered design, and usability testing improves an end user’s performance. The IA Model assists Information Architects to design high-quality Websites [ » need more info—review The Information Architecture Institute: http://iainstitute.org ]. On the importance of Information Architecture, do review: Fortune Magazine, January 21, 2008, edition [ » need more info—review The Architects of the Information Age in Today’s High-Tech Economy.pdf ]. Information Architecture, navigational systems, and user-centered design are supposed to help an end user in accessing information. Accelerate end user’s surfing and learning experiences. Most importantly, effective navigational systems that are fully integrated systems conserve an end user’s time. The more time an end user saves retrieving information enables corporations to increase their profit margins, and improved productivity of their work force. When corporations contemplate the need for Information Architecture and structuring their Websites, they call upon Steven Heitman to guide them in using The Creative Information Architecture Model (The IA Model) on projects [ » need more info—review White Paper: Relevance of Information Architecture—The IA Model.pdf ]. Steven Heitman has Two Graduate-Level Degrees in Information Architecture, Project Management, Usability Testing, including Instructional Design (IA MAIA, IA MAEd). IA ID&T Certification in Information Architecture; Certification in Technical & Professional Writing; IA MAIA Certification; IA MAEd Certification, including undergraduate degrees in Information Architecture, Graphic Design and Communications (IA BAIA, BFA, AS and Award of Achievement, Diploma). Creative Information Architecture Model— The IA Model 1. Design research 2. Concept generation 3. Creation of scenarios 4. Wire frame mockups 5. Prototyping 6. Usability testing 7. Implementation 8. System testing Relying on more than 20 years of professional experience in corporate environments and academia, I teach my clients why design products need clear Information Architecture, and using The IA Model as well as The Navigational Systems Model. Defined navigational systems that enable end user's access to information on the Internet, and increased productivity for corporate Intranets or Websites. top   |   to résumé Copyright ©—2007-2012. All rights reserved. Last updated: July 1, 2008 Steven Heitman, IA MAIA, IA MAEd Sr Information Architect Specialist IA Design & Usability