Transcript Build BestBuy.com in 60 minutes

Kate Wilson
Hi, I’m Kate Wilson –
Former librarian, current IT nerd.
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(Not sure how I got here from Music Librarian,
but thrilled that I did!)
 Information Management Consultant
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 About NetDexterity
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 The Client
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 The Challenge
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Develop a Taxonomy
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Challenge: Produce a
high-quality product within
a limited amount of time.
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COLLECT
Gather information/
content types
ANALYZE
Identify broader
themes and topics
ORGANIZE
Map themes and
topics hierarchically
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Project Team (8)
Stakeholders representative of
different business areas.
Subject Matter
Experts (7)
End users and/or content owners
from each business area
(Some overlap between
the two groups)
Two weeks before workshop:
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 Intro slide deck about what is a taxonomy, why we are creating one, and the
general outline of the workshop
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 Asked to think about what kinds of information they work with and bring a list to
the workshop
How I Prepared
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I like to use Xmind
(Approximately 3 hours)
Introduction
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~30 minutes
1. Collect
~30 minutes
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Gather information/
content types
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2. Analyze
~45 minutes
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Identify broader
themes and topics
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3. Organize
~60 minutes
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Map themes and
topics hierarchically
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 Later, the meetings became about site structure, metadata, and
navigation.
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Biggest challenge
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What went well
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Success factors
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Thank You!
Questions?
Thanks to our sponsors!
Connect. Collaborate. Share.
SharePoint Saturday Toronto
http://spbuzz.it/spstoyam
Toronto SharePoint Users Group
http://www.meetup.com/TorontoSPUG/
Toronto SharePoint Business Users Group
http://www.meetup.com/TSPBUG/
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