It is not enough to focus an intranet redesign on just the home page, global navigation and page layout.
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Quantitatively test the effectiveness of your home page.
This article explains a quick and effective technique for assessing whether your home page is an effective gateway to site content.
Full site redesign? Start by addressing the home page.
Rather than embarking on a major project at the first sign of problems, consider tactical solutions such as the redesign of the home page.
Don’t finalise site structure until you’ve created page layouts.
There is a worrying trend emerging in the field of information architecture: organisations are attempting to finalise site structures without evaluating their effectiveness in the…
What is information architecture?.
This article introduces information architecture and provides guidelines for how to create an effective information architecture.
Using a “strawman” for page layout design.
Using a ‘strawman’ design in the early stages of a project can help to overcome many of the difficulties in the design process.
Escape the organisation chart on your intranet.
Escaping an organisational structure for your intranet is not easy, but will deliver many business benefits.
Information design using card sorting.
Card sorting is a very simple method of working with users to come up with a usable information design. A valuable tool for all information…