Planning and Designing Websites

Slide Deck | Lecture Podcast

Topics

  • Developing web applications
  • Iterative and agile development principles
  • Essential requirements analysis techniques
  • Writing use cases and user stories
  • Card Sorting
  • Information Architecture & Content Planning
  • Using prototyping to gather requirements

Required Readings

Planning Your Website
Croft, Pierre (2014). Improving Your Information Architecture With Card Sorting: A Beginner’s Guide. Smashing Magazine, October 2014
Content Inventory Technique

Suggested Readings

Tips for Cleaning Up Your UX. Website Magazine. November 18, 2015.
Starting Out Organized: Website Content Planning the Right Way. Smashing Magazine, March 2010.
Seigel, Ben (2011). A Comprehensive Website Planning Guide. Smashing Magazine, June 2011.
Card Sorting Technique
Moss, Trenton (2005). Planning a Usable Website: A Three-Step Guide.
Garrity, Michael (2013). The Once a Week SEO Checklist.
William, Hudson. Card Sorting.