Treejack. Information Architecture Validation Software Take the guesswork out of information architecture with Treejack – the usability testing tool you can use to test your IA without visual distractions. Treejack helps you prove your site structure will work before you get into interface design. Tree testing is a usability technique for evaluating the findability of topics in a website. It’s also known as ‘reverse card sorting’ or ‘card-based classification’. Tree testing is done on a simplified text version of your site structure – without the influence of navigation aids and visual design.
Easy as 1,2,3 “It is so fast and easy to set up that it's really crazy not to use it.” – Jason Holmes, American Greetings Proving an Information Architecture 1. Your “tree” is the site structure, your information architecture. 2. We're here to find out if people can achieve what they came for on your website or intranet. 3. All systems are Go “Oh yes. User Centered Information Design Beautifully Insightful Results. The Work of Edward Tufte and Graphics Press. Graphics Press LLC P.O.
Box 430 Cheshire, CT 06410 800 822-2454 Edward Tufte is a statistician and artist, and Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University. He wrote, designed, and self-published 4 classic books on data visualization. The New York Times described ET as the "Leonardo da Vinci of data," and Bloomberg as the "Galileo of graphics. " He is now writing a book/film The Thinking Eye and constructing a 234-acre tree farm and sculpture park in northwest Connecticut, which will show his artworks and remain open space in perpetuity. He founded Graphics Press, ET Modern gallery/studio, and Hogpen Hill Farms LLC. Topics covered in this one-day course include: A new, widely-adopted method for presentations: meetings are smarter, more effective, 20% shorter. New ideas on spectatorship, consuming reports. Standards of comparison for workaday and for cutting edge visualizations. Edward Tufte teaches the entire course. "The Galileo of graphics.