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Overview: Online Architecture

Probably the most common reason organisations contact me is to get help with their internal and external information architecture.

I usually find, however, that they first need to find a clear consensus on their communication strategy, content strategy and online strategy. Once that's done, I deliver a document which both you and your developers can understand, including some or all of the following:

  • highly detailed sitemaps: internal intranets, external websites, knowledgebases, and the information flows between them
  • mission statements for principal site chapters, features and content types
  • business requirements for any revised or new features
  • wireframes, allowing both you and your developers to envision how the result will look.

The aim is to deliver something detailed enough for professional developers and designers to give you a concrete quote, but not so technical that noone else understands what they're building.

I can then work with them to deliver it, or assemble a team and manage the site build for you.

Check out some of my firsts and best practices, or just get in touch.

More services: start with Communication strategy.

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Good analyses of where data visualisation is heading: "Today, a slew of new software has made it easier than ever to create data visualizations from scratch. The downside? It has led to more prescriptive design. Take D3. It's a JavaScript library that helps turn information into any number of visual frameworks...Beyond D3... Tableau is the crow…

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"Newsrooms don't need large budgets for analyzing data--they can easily access basic data tools that are free or inexpensive." - Drilling Down: A Quick Guide to Free and Inexpensive Data Tools | Global Investigative Journalism Network

Charted: Medium's data visualisation tool
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"Charted automatically visualizes data. Give it the link to a data file and Charted returns a beautiful, shareable visualization of that data... open-sourced and available for anyone to use at charted.co... it adjusts to any screen, automatically updates itself" - Introducing Charted - Data Lab - Medium

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