Information Architecture and Content Design Questions
Organizing product content and user interfaces for clarity and discoverability. Topics include information hierarchies, navigation and routing, user flows and journey mapping, wireframing and low fidelity exploration, content organization and labeling, progressive disclosure, dashboard layout and KPI placement, filters and drill downs, and ideation and sketching techniques. Evaluates the ability to align structure with user mental models and to iterate designs based on evidence.
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Case study: The churn dashboard indicates rising churn but no obvious cause is visible. Outline how you would re-architect the dashboard and create targeted drilldown journeys, hypothesis tests, and new visualizations (cohorts, retention curves, funnel steps) to isolate likely drivers such as plan, geography, or product version.
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You have two stakeholder groups with contradictory IA requirements: Sales wants many granular filters, and Finance wants a single simplified monthly view. Propose a decision framework and design approach that balances both needs, including prototypes to validate, governance rules, and quantitative metrics to evaluate the compromise.
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Provide a release checklist for dashboard IA and content before shipping to users. Include at least 10 checks that cover labeling, defaults, navigation, performance, accessibility, telemetry, permissions, edge cases, data freshness, and user guidance.
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Compare trade-offs between wide navigation (many top-level categories) and deep nested menus for a BI portal. Provide heuristics for when to prefer breadth versus depth and explain how search, breadcrumbs, and shortcuts mitigate discoverability issues.
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Design the information architecture for a self-serve analytics sandbox where power users can build new reports but casual users should only access curated reports. Include navigation, templates, permission tiers, publishing workflows, and guidance patterns to prevent clutter and expensive queries.
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