1. If Information Architecture were like a box of chocolates…

2. 2 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015

3. 3 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 “My momma always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.’" - Forrest Gump

4. 4 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Overview

6. 6 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 What is Information architecture? Content ContextControl

7. 7 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Why is I.A. important?

8. 8 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 So wait a second…

9. 9 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 IA is in the box CaramelOrange CreamSalted CaramelStrawberry CreamMocha GanacheVanilla Cream Coffee CreamPralineCherry BrandyNut BusterAlmond NougatMocha Cream

10. 10 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 But sometimes it’s hard to read

11. 11 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Or it isn’t consistent

13. 13 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 The Causes of ineffective I.A.

14. Ambiguity

15. 15 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Ambiguity

16. 16 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Ambiguity

17. 17 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Ambiguity fix: sort

18. 18 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Ambiguity fix: Filter

19. Variation

20. 20 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 VARIATION

21. 21 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Variation

22. 22 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Variation Fix: Structure

23. 23 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Variation Fix: Structure

24. 24 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Variation fix: clarity

25. 25 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Variation fix: clarity

26. Ignorance

27. 27 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Ignorance

28. 28 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Ignorance

29. 29 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Ignorance

30. 30 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Ignorance Fix: classification

31. 31 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Ignorance Fix: classification

32. 32 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Classification - taxonomy

33. 33 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Classification - metadata

34. 34 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Classification - Content types

35. 35 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Classification - Content types Chocolates have:Caramel chocolates have: Chocolate type Fill type Color Shape Surface Pattern Surface pattern Box location Caramel type Salted

36. 36 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Classification - vocabularies

37. 37 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Classification - vocabularies

39. 39 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Summary

40. 40 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Summary

43. 43 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Sponsors CalSPUG  Special Thanks:

44. 44 | SharePoint Saturday Calgary – 06 JUN 2015 Housekeeping