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nt government intranet

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

nt government intranet

User Testing and Validation Project

WHY

What Were We Trying To Achieve?
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WHO

Captovate tested a sample of NT Government Users 

WHAT

Latest Information Architecture and Designs for NTG Intranet

when

April 7th - 15th. 5 Focus Groups. 9 Hours

Where

Neutral location. Online and Offline.

HOW

Three Test Methods. Plus Survey and Analytics.

Online Testing

Card Sorting

Focus Group Discussions

findings

What Did We Learn?

Global navigation is ambiguous, relies on prior knowledge.

COMMON PATTERNS:
By Type
By Agency or Business Unit
By Function

Users prefer function based navigation, but find it hard to define

Preferred clean, simple look and feel of proposed design, BUT didn't like news prominence

"Why do we need an NTG Intranet"

"What would I use it for?"

RECOMMENDATIONS

What Should We Do About It?

USER EXPERIENCE

A Strong & Simple Vision for the Intranet

INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE

Multiple Pathways to Knowledge

SITE MAP

WIREFRAME

Content Management

Make it Easy to Manage

Content Management

  • Templated content page layouts
  • Formal content management practices
  • Central ownership, global engagement 
  • Strong metadata taxonomy

Metadata taxonomy

How we sort and find things

BRAND Identity & design

A unique identity helps users to find the offer and value in the intranet

A Strong Metaphor

THINK ABOUT

Change Management and User Adoption

facilitating change

  • Internal marketing
  • Identifying champions
  • Orientation materials
  • Launch and adoption promotions
  • Pre and Post Launch training, engagement and support

TIO & City of Darwin

NOW WHAT?

Where To From Here?

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  • Agreement on the high level approach of these recommendations
  • Provide to designer as a 'brief' ASAP to begin redesign 
  • Refinement of lower level architecture and content sourcing/creation
  • Begin business processes around content management 
  • Create Change Management and User Adoption Strategy - begin ASAP 

THANKS!

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