What's so important about Taxonomy and Information Architecture?

You wouldn't build a bridge or a house without a plan, why would you build your document set or website without one? The combination of a well thought out IA and a good Taxonomy structure forms the core of a plan that enables you to meet your users needs. It defines how your users will find the information they're looking for in the information you provide them and helps you to keep it up to date and accurate.

This workshop will show how to design information (looking at both print and online examples) to improve the usability of information and make your customers happier.  We will work through examples and exercises which will help you learn how to redefine your information set from a users point of view.  You will learn how to look at your information in order to:

» analyse its contents
» organise it to improve findability
» look for likely keywords in your information
» visually organise it so that it can be quickly understood
» understand how this applies to component content management workflows and projects