IA Projects: Brazilian Court of Accounts
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The document summarizes several information architecture projects undertaken by Flavia Lacerda at the Brazilian Court of Accounts. It describes her background and role at the Court. It then provides an overview of three key projects: reframing the enterprise portal to improve content management, developing a custom search solution to index large amounts of data, and partnering with other government agencies on interoperability and data sharing. The document outlines the research, strategy, design, implementation, and administration approach used for each project and discusses lessons learned. It also presents a timeline of the Court's evolving information architecture strategies.
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IA Projects: Brazilian Court of Accounts
- 1. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS The Brazilian Court of Accounts Fl叩via Lacerda 2013
- 2. ABOUT ME Information Technology Advisor at the Brazilian Court of Accounts (TCU) PhD Candidate in Information Architecture at University of Bras鱈lia (UnB), supervised by Prof. Mamede Lima-Marques Doctoral stage at J旦nk旦ping University (Sweden) from August to December 2013, supervised by Prof. Andrea Resmini
- 3. ABOUT THE BRAZILIAN COURT OF ACCOUNTS (TCU) What do we do? Audit the accounts of federal public resources Evaluate government programs Effectiveness (How much is being spent and how?) Efficacy (Are the goals being reached?) Efficiency (Are the best procedures being used?) Economy (Are the resources obtained at market prices?)
- 4. ABOUT THE PROJECTS Why do we need Information Architecture? Better communication with audiences Information transparency and findability Content management and sharing Visual identity Data analysis and content exchanging...
- 5. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE Why do we need it? Source: http://www.xerox.com/assets/motion/corporate/pages/programs/information-overload/pdf/Xerox-white-paper-3-25.pdf Image: http://www.foundationnews.org/CME/article.cfm?ID=1003
- 6. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE Why do we need it?
- 7. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE Why do we need it?
- 8. Richard Wurman INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE The emerging 21st century professional occupation addressing the needs of the age focused upon clarity, human understanding, and the science of the organization of information.
- 9. 1st Stage (2006 - ) Content management strategy 2nd Stage (2009 - ) Near future Search strategy Cross-channel strategy Enterprise portal reframing Interoperability and government partnership Responsive design Visual identity Social networks INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS TCU Strategies in a Timeline
- 10. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE Planning PROJECT Research Strategy Design Implementation PROGRAM Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville (2002) Administration
- 11. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE Research - Methods Context Content goals, strategy, brand, process, technology, resources, politics, culture Users objects, types, metadata, structure, relationships, source, volume, growth audiences, user needs, use cases, mental models, vocabulary, behavior Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville (2002)
- 12. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE Research - Methods Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville (2002)
- 13. CONTEXT What is our environment? Mission, goals and culture Infrastructure and resources Provide information and services Perform effective processes Improve public administration Formal culture, but innovative Internal IT sector and datacenter Multidisciplinary team (8-10) CMS Plataform
- 14. Tarsila do Amaral | Oper叩rios (1933) USERS Who are our main audiences? Brazilian citizens + 200.000.ooo TCU internal public + 6.000 賊 100 mi - internet access 賊 15% - some disability Public employees Trainees and outsourced Special audiences The National Congress Government agencies Press
- 15. CONTENT Information resources Metadata and taxonomies What are our sources and types of information? Publications and services Corporative and external systems Intranet and web pages Data models Data types and formats Controlled vocabularies
- 16. PROJECT PORTAL Why reframe the Enterprise Portal? Content management strategy Standardization
- 17. PROJECT PORTAL Research Techniques Questions Interviews with stakeholders and users Most accessed areas, products and services Statistics analysis Findability Eletronic survey User satisfaction Improvement needed
- 18. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE Planning PROJECT Research Strategy Design Implementation PROGRAM Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville (2002) Administration
- 19. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE Strategy - Methods Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville (2002)
- 20. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE Strategy - Methods Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville (2002)
- 21. PROJECT PORTAL Strategy CONTENT INVENTORY CONTENT MANAGEMENT POLICY CONTENT REPRESENTATION MODEL Metadata and doc types <T鱈tulo> <Autor> <Data> <Usu叩rio> CONTENT PRESENTATION MODEL Perfil 1 (Public) Menu News Taxonomy <Tipo> TABELA TIPO DOC System 1 <Categoria> TAXONOMIA Products and services <Assuntos> TESAURO TESAURO TESAURO Vocabulary 1 Perfil 2 (Individual) Menu My page My themes System n Vocabulary n Information resources Database Data entry and storage Products and services User interfaces USERS SEGMENTATION
- 22. PROJECT PORTAL Strategy Content inventory Contents to migrate and to discard Needed contents Types, formats and metadata
- 23. PROJECT PORTAL Strategy Representation model Document types (161) Book Event Journal article Judment Law News Report Resolution Sumary Thesis [...] Metadata
- 24. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE Planning PROJECT Research Strategy Design Implementation PROGRAM Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville (2002) Administration
- 25. PROJECT PORTAL Design Principles Implementation requirements Visual identity Build and validate prototypes Usability Develop style guide Accessibility Customization Personalization Colaboration Integration Flexibility
- 26. PROJECT PORTAL Design Presentation model Header Audience pages Publicity General Search Specific Search Thematic topics & contact Services News, publications & events Information & Culture Partnerships
- 27. PROJECT PORTAL Community of practice Design Colaboration Wiki
- 30. C但ndido Portinari | Menina Sentada (1943) VISUAL IDENTITY Phisical and digital spaces (parallel project) New logo Artistic images Partnership with Portinari Project to use the painter works
- 31. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE Planning PROJECT Research Strategy Design Implementation PROGRAM Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville (2002) Administration
- 32. PROJECT PORTAL Implementation Implement specifications on CMS (customize features) Representation model (tables, fields and forms) Presentation model (layout) Validate and adjust Train content managers Migrate content for CMS (automatic and manual) Test and validate
- 33. PROJECT PORTAL ECM, WCM, CMS, CXM... Multiple solutions for content management What each vendor offers X what the organization really needs Decisions must be guided by: Business problems and needed features (design principles) Compliance with technologies used in the organization (databases, servers, languages,patterns)
- 34. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE Planning PROJECT Research Strategy Design Implementation PROGRAM Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville (2002) Administration
- 35. PROJECT PORTAL Administration Ensure the application of the content management policy Preserve standards compliance Monitor access, evaluate user satisfaction and adjust Handle issues identified during the project Keep evolving
- 37. PROJECT PORTAL Lessons learned Models and policies must be developed for each case (no magic recipe) IT systems are only tools to create and manage the spaces. You need to design them and involve those who will use in the designing process Methodology is only direction Homepages are political instruments - the strategy rules must be clear, based on evaluations and statistics Content areas must have specific holders
- 38. 1st Stage (2006 - ) Content management strategy 2nd Stage (2009 - ) Near future Search strategy Cross-channel strategy Enterprise portal reframing Interoperability and government partnership Responsive design Visual identity Social networks INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS TCU Strategies in a Timeline
- 39. PROJECT SEARCH Solution Internally developed Free software plataform (Lucene/Solr/Java) Multiple databases Constant customization & evolution of features Maintenance costs Sharing with governmental agencies
- 40. PROJECT SEARCH Solution Portal Capture, processing & load Systems DMS External sources Total (2013): 227.683.411 itens Textual database
- 41. PROJECT INTEROPERABILITY Government partnership TCU project Data exchange Shared solutions Cooperative development Federal Senate of Brazil project www.lexml.gov.br
- 42. PROJECT SOCIAL NETWORKS Sharing
- 43. 1st Stage (2006 - ) Content management strategy 2nd Stage (2009 - ) Near future Search strategy Cross-channel strategy Enterprise portal reframing Interoperability and government partnership Responsive design Visual identity Social networks INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS TCU Strategies in a Timeline
- 44. PROJECT CROSS-CHANNEL Pervasive Information Architecture Information-based activities require us to move across different media, channels, and environments, with no distinction between what is physical and what is digital. We still visit Web sites, but we also use mobile applications, interact with intelligent devices, and connect with people on the go through a variety of computer-mediated technologies. Andrea Resmini & Luca Rosati (Pervasive Information Architecture, 2011)
- 45. PROJECT CROSS-CHANNEL Responsive design
- 46. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS Conclusions Focus on users Promote the effectiveness of the organization Create spaces to estimulate flow of information and meaningful experiences Keep in mind design principles and avoid technological determinism