Everything you read should sound familiar, although each author offers a slightly different perspective on what we discussed in class. The first article is the most succinct and clear, but all will add to your understanding of these techniques.
1. Doing a Content Inventory (Or, A Mind-Numbingly Detailed Odyssey Through Your Web Site)
By Jeffrey Veen
http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/essays/archives/000040.php
Download Jeffrey Veen's sample content inventory spreadsheet at the end of the article and check it out. It's more elaborate than what we discussed using, but it's a good example of how you might use this method to document an existing site.
2. Site Diagrams: Mapping an Information Space
by Jason Withrow
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/site_diagrams_mapping_an_information_space
Jason Withrow, author of the second article, also discusses content inventories, but focuses more on creating site diagrams. We discussed in class how site diagrams relate to content inventories, but he adds more information about iconography and additional uses for this type of representation.
3. The what, when and why of wireframes
by James Kelway
http://userpathways.com/2008/06/26/the-what-when-and-why-of-wireframes/
James Kelway discusses wireframes and their relevance to the development process in this third article. It's a little fragmented, but he makes some observations worth reading about why they still have a place in a world of rapid prototyping.
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