Feb 12
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After developer Jacob Pittassi discovered that there was an issue with the taxonomy of the web site architecture last week, the team switches from development of the individual show page to a parent “network’ page. Watch as host Jose Caballer demonstrates the strengths of developing a site in scrum with members of both the design and devlopment team in the room. Watch the ThisWeekIn Web Design team work through their third sprint of six as they attempt to build a MVP (minimum viable product) of the ThisWeekIn website redesign.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Aure builds out the ThisWeekIn Web Design sitemap in Illustrator as Jose and guest Victoria Heric build a pen and paper version, demonstrating two techniques for approaching sitemap creation. 00:39 Guest Introductions, Victoria Heric of David & Goliath 03:18 Aure finally gets insurance with Hiscox 08:28 Reviewing the site architecture 09:18 Using Illustrator to build a sitemap 11:20 Designing hierarchy within the sitemap 14:35 Getting in the zone as a project manager 17:52 Working collaboratively on a sitemap originally generated in Illustrator 19:10 The importance of working with a hybrid approach while designing sitemaps 24:43 Aure and Victoria discuss approaches for planning a site’s development 26:08 Jose breaks down projects into Execution, Inception, and Launch categories 27:35 Prioritizing with the client using the MOSCOW process 30:19 Jose encourages viewers to have fun with the prioritization process 31:08 The Design Tackle Box 32:58 It’s only live television as Jose drenches his laptop 33:45 Defining the Assessment category for the ThisWeekIn website 35:21 Determining the importance of a sitewide Blog and it’s relevance to Community 39:14 The team discuss the importance of forums on the ThisWeekIn website 40:41 Brainstorming methods to integrate sponsors into the website redesign beyond banner ads 44:02 Designing the user experience of the Assesment process 50:54 The site is starting to sound like one giant dating service 54:04 Sink Or Swim for Skye Crue Media …
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