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Information Architecture adds structure to digital design products... User-Centered Design adds usability value for end users... Graphic Design adds aesthetic value to e-learning Websites... Instructional Design adds learning value to Websites... Sr Information Architect Specialist IA Flow Charts—Drafting Skills Each and every project requires doing flow charts, schematic development and planning; end users have to be able to use Websites or digital design products successfully in order to complete online transactions. Also, everyone on the team needs to have clear and well thought out blueprints prior to production. Documented research and statistical data tells yet another story about why it needs to be done. If end users are expected to complete transactions online or if a tank driver in the Army need to access data and get it fast, then Websites or other digital design products have to be designed right. What would happen, for example, if a product did not work right that is used to maintain and protect people, et al., who work at nuclear power plants? One answer might be that they accidentally push the wrong button and blow it up—or if navigational systems are not designed right—during the heat of a battle, a soldier might not be able to execute commands correctly. In the long run, IA may save corporations a lot of money, including higher rates on their return investment(s). That is a very good reason to spend money because it generates higher profit margins. If end users cannot use Websites, then chances are quite high enough that they just will not use it. To let you know, it is a long scroll down to view flow charts. Information Architecture— Flow Charts & Schematics top   |   back to portfolio Copyright ©—2007-2012. All rights reserved. Last updated: January 1, 2009 Steven Heitman, IA MAIA, IA MAEd Sr Information Architect Specialist Corporate Training Specialist IA Design & Usability