Navigation Guide

Objective

Philips Medical was overhauling their suite of online patient charting applications, previously released on Motif. They needed to have their overgrown information architecture analyzed, reorganized, and new terminology devised to better meet their users' expectations. Additionally, they needed to ensure that the navigation would accommodate imminent future growth.

Solution

Excerpt showing top-level info architecture in Navigation Guide

My Role

Hand-on information architecture. Analyzed feature set, devised new info architecture to accommodate version 1.0 functionality and beyond, using an object-oriented approach. Mapped to Windows user expectations and conventions, published standard vocabulary, identified commands that would require toolbar icons, catalogued standard Windows keyboard equivalents.

Outcome

Delivered 17-page navigation guide in 3 versions, on time and on budget. Development relied on these blueprints to make their deadlines, and to ensure they were delivering a coherent, standard product.