Information Architecture

1. Find the Web sites for two urban, commuter universities.
2. Find and read each one's mission statement.
3. Find and read UB's mission statement.
4. Establish at least 8 criteria for a competitive analysis.
5. Write a statement of purpose for your analysis.
6. Analyze the home pages of the three universities.
7. Analyze some other, more complex dimension of the sites.

• Using any Web 2.0 site with which you are familiar, chart a critical process from a user's perspective. Some examples include purchasing an item, paying a bill, adding information to a communal site or activity such as google earth, and so on.

1. Classify and label the categories of topics available from https://issaic.saic.com.
2. Inventory the major objects (files, information categories, processes) for each classification.

 
Strategy Presentation
Due: April 4, 2009
100 points

• Present your group's concept model and content inventory to the client.

 
Information Architecture
Due: May 16, 2009
450 points

1. User Personas or Scenarios
2. Wireframes
3. Navigation Design
4. Recommendations for Community-Building

Some examples of final projects from past courses:

• Example 1
• Example 2

These examples are to provide you with a sense of scope and professional polish. They are NOT a good blueprint for what needs to be covered since the assignment/project for 2007 was quite different than the one we are doing.