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This deck of slides gives an overview of design goals & scope, user research, functionality and requirements. File: web_strategy_2010-7-2.pptx web_strategy_2010-7-2.pptx

The purpose of this project website is, on the one hand, to make deliverables and prototypes available for review and commenting to our users. On the the other hand, the site provides a training ground for us. That is why we chose to build it from scratch using drupal, rather than using a wordpress blog… Continue reading Learning while we go

This is the place to come to for updates on the website re-design, reviewing project documentation and commenting on deliverables.  An evolving demo site lives here:  http://beta.icarda.org  

We are creating a series of progressively complex prototypes. These are being tested with users and continuously evolve during an agile development process. Each iteration of building and testing lasts two weeks. Was a simple paper prototype. This first set of wireframes can be downoaded here. The second prototype is the version we are currently… Continue reading Prototypes

Design Objectives: Refresh homepage design •Enable dynamic reuse of content by implementing CMS •Develop templates to improve information design and assign content responsibility •Improve information architecture and navigation •Enable online collaboration (seamless, single log-in, secure) •Improve and refine search •Improve accessibility of website (AAA, mobile, low bandwidth, Arabic)