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Activities for designers
These tasks are part of the initial design planning stage of your communications project:Task 1 Information Analysis Tasks
1. AUDIENCE
- Primary audiences
- Secondary audiences
- Profile & Background
- Requirements for using/accessing information
- Knowledge of content
- Experience with technology
- Information each audience needs
- Current status of information
- Ownership of information
- Updates/revisions needed
- Audience technical needs
- Software requirements
- Hardware requirements
- Corporate needs
- Resource intensity of media
Task 2 - Navigation Design Process
1. Navigation Questions:
- What information does the audience need to know
- What questions will the audience have that I can answer in this presentation/web site/document
- How can I answer the audience's questions
3. Test and review The Design
4. Drill - Identify the type and number of pages
Task 3 - Initial Visual Design
1. Create initial sketches for placement and appearance of key features
2. Review sketches and refine based on feedback
- Is the page layout pattern clear
- Can the user anticipate where the content, orientation or navigation tools will be
- Are web pages/presentation pages consistent
- Do the pages support the information access needs of your users
- Do the web pages apply the Research based principles.
Task 4 - Initial Content Design
1. Determine style and tone
2. Organize content into Maps
3. Refine the hierarchy
4. Present content on pages
5. Review and refine.
Task 5 - Prototype Review
1. Conduct project team review
2. Update Style Guide
3. Prepare for prototype development.