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Let’s take a step back now and look at how we can fit card sorting and tree testing into our overall design process.
The recommended approach
If we have been given a reasonable amount of time to create a site tree, we do the following:
There are several advantages to this “full-fat” approach:
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All of us have worked on a project where we were not given that “reasonable” amount of time to do what was needed. Sometimes we have to cut corners.
Because we loath loathe the idea of creating a site tree without some form of validation, we still run tree tests, but we abbreviate the process, using a single round that combines before and after:
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Next: Comparing to other IA methods
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