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Brain Traffic Blog: Attention information architects: That IS your job

  • D Molanphy · 5 months ago
    Completely agree!

    I would also add that the jobs of a writer/ia/designer are not mutually exclusive. The best work gets done when all three work together, each knowing and owning their part of the project, but each bringing new ideas to the table.
  • matthumphrey · 5 months ago
    Christine - What tips do you have for the documentation piece of your recommendation? We typically use some variation of a spreadsheet for the sourcing and planning, but I find that difficult to wrangle when it comes down to editing content.
  • ChristineBenson · 5 months ago
    Matt - We use a tool called page tables. Page tables include information like source content, wireframe/page template ID, primary and secondary messages, additional assets required, publishing considerations and so on. We create the page tables in word, which helps them transition into the content creation process.

    Erin Kissane recently wrote a great post on A List Apart about content templates, which is similar to our page table approach. http://www.alistapart.com/articles/content-temp...

    And to D Molanphy - Thanks for your comment. At Brain Traffic, we're big believers in collaboration, both internally and externally, so I appreciate you adding that to the conversation.
  • Julie Espinosa · 5 months ago
    Amen. Contrary to seemingly popular belief, the final editorial phase is not the time to be scrambling for missing content or tweaking the wording (or at least, it shouldn't be if you do it right). Also, thanks for the tables/templates information.