Goals:

• improve my navigation sketches
• update my information architecture, yet again
• get my search working in my Drupal prototype
• create user flow storyboards and wireframes of my project
• record my project update midterm presentation

Issues covered/Response from advisor:

• search and taxonomies in Drupal has been tricky to figure out and I am still learning about how to best use them
• add functionality to my product pages, including options to find more products from the brand, other sizes, and similar products
• follow the the midterm presentation guidelines to make sure I include all the necessary parts

Goals for next week:

• continue to build out my Drupal prototype, adding in more products to search for
• get feedback about my storyboards and wireframes and see if they need any updates
• conduct a navigation test of my wireframes

Goals:

• conduct user testing of my Navigation Prototype
• refine my information architecture
• evaluate how jQuery will be used in my project

Issues covered/Response from advisor:

• information architecture needs to include more connections, like to the store map
• need to make my search function “smarter”
• need to read Information Anxiety 2 by Richard Saul Wurman & check out Mobile Usability by Nielsen & Budiu

Goals for next week:

• evaluate user testing results from click test
• re-work my information architecture
• test custom search module for Drupal