Taxonomies & IA

Cost: $50.00

Date:

December 01, 2006 - 12:00 - 1:00 EST

User Experience design is often thought of as distinct or different from taxonomy design. What are good IA practices and how do they influence taxonomy design? In this session you'll hear from three experienced IA's who will share specific examples from their organizations and consulting projects that will illustrate principles that you can apply in your taxonomy projects.

Taxonomy and user experience design strategy, process and tools
A user experience design effort that combines information architecture and taxonomy approaches for a major financial services client
Specific experiences applying IA with Compaq and HP and "business taxonomies" - taxonomies that live within strict business limitations

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Speakers

Andrew Gent

Lead Knowledge Architect (HP Services Consulting & Integration) , HP Services Consulting & Integration

Andrew Gent is the Lead Knowledge Architect for HP Services Consulting & Integration. With more than 20 years experience in the computer industry, Andrew's career covers the fields of documentation, training, usability, and most recently knowledge management. He collaborated on the original design of HP's SharePoint infrastructure and continues to lead architectural activities in the areas of KM architecture, taxonomy, and collaboration.

Bob Goodman

Director, User Experience , Modernista

Bob Goodman is Director of User Experience at Modernista, focusing on cross-media and emergent user-centered experiences including social media, social games, and mobile applications. He previously served as an independent UX consultant to startups and Fortune 500 companies, as associate creative director at Mullen’s interactive team, and as product designer at Microsoft Startup Labs, where he helped design and launch Bing Twitter, Microsoft's entry into real-time social search. He sees UX as operating at the intersection of branding, business strategy, and user behavior.

Joe Lamantia

Consultant (joelamantia.com) , Joelamantia.com

Joe Lamantia has been active in user experience and information architecture for ten years as a designer, strategist, consultant, entrepreneur, writer, and speaker. Joe is the creator of a well-known card-sorting tool, and popular system of information architecture building blocks for portals and dashboards. He spends too much time blogging about information architecture, user- centered design, enterprise technology, social systems, culture, user research, and other such things at Joelamantia.com.

Seth Earley

President & CEO , Earley & Associates

Seth has been implementing content management and knowledge management projects for over 14 years and has been in the technology field for 20 + years. He is founder of the Boston Knowledge Management Forum and co-author of Practical Knowledge Management from the IBM Press. He is former adjunct professor at Northeastern University, where he taught graduate courses in Knowledge Management Infrastructure and E Business Strategy. He was 2009 Co-Chair of the Metadata Committee, NDIIPP Education and Outreach for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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