Boxes and Arrows: Defining Information Architecture Deliverables – WebmasterBase.com. Quote: “One of the hottest topics these days in Information Architecture circles is documentation. This is probably partly because the IA's role is so ill defined. Our jobs sit perched between engineering and graphic design: go too far in one direction, we're doing the coding, go to far in the other and we are doing the design. Neither role maximizes the architect's key skills; defining the organizational structure and behavior of the web site or application. An IA is most effective when they leave implementation and final graphic design out of the mix. The documents they create to express this have to be crafted with equal skill and diplomacy. “
Comment: Via the always good Column Two, a piece with examples of IA deliverables. In case you haven't deduced it yet, we're close to a redesign project on our web site. [Serious Instructional Technology]