Thanks Victor. My goal is to take this feedback, and a list of potential implementors and submit it as a plan to the Drupal association board of directors at their next meeting (4-6 weeks). The association has responsibility for
<a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a>.<br><br>Many aspects are being considered, so all contributions to help develop the plan for the next board meeting are welcome.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Kieran <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 10/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Victor Kane</b> <<a href="mailto:victorkane@gmail.com">victorkane@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 10/4/07, Kieran Lal <<a href="mailto:kieran@civicspacelabs.org">kieran@civicspacelabs.org</a>> wrote:<br>> From: Kieran Lal < <a href="mailto:kieran@gmail.com">kieran@gmail.com</a>><br>> Date: Sep 15, 2007 6:42 AM
<br>> Subject: 200 000 user community, 30M page views/month Drupal site needs<br>> re-design estimates, recommendations for designers, IAs, graphic designers,<br>> interaction designers<br>> To: A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers
<br>> <<a href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org">consulting@drupal.org</a>><br>><br>> Hello, I need some help coming up with a list of designers, IAs, graphic<br>> designers, interaction designer, who can help with the redesign of a very
<br>> popular website. You may have heard of it:<br>><br>> <a href="http://drupal.org">http://drupal.org</a><br>><br>> I am trying research the costs invovled in a complete redesign of<br>> <a href="http://Drupal.org">
Drupal.org</a>. All Drupal related implementation would be done by volunteers<br>> from the Drupal community but we need to get estimates on what it would cost<br>> to get the following deliverables:<br>><br>> Deliverables would include:
<br>> 1) Audience research analysis, basically a report to the community.<br>> Functions mapped to tasks and features.<br><br>Here you should add (or it could go as part of 2 and/or 3) a list of<br>roles, and for each role, a list of user stories / use cases.
<br><br>This is different from ontology and different from wire framing.<br><br>This gives a list of different roles and the goals they have, ie., the<br>value they seek in using <a href="http://drupal.org">drupal.org</a>
<br><br>This has to be defined first, then mapped to ontology (architecture)<br>and wireframe navigation. There is not a simple one to one<br>relationship here.<br><br>This would involve about 40 hours of an IA person.<br>
<br>> 2) Concept for the site<br><br>Do you mean scope? what does concept mean? If you mean scope, that<br>would be supplied by the definition of actors and use cases (roles and<br>user stories).<br><br>> 3) Ontology - layout, sub-sites, partitioning, navigation
<br><br>Here we are getting at the architecture of the site. Another 40 hours,<br>fundamentally distinguishing between structural (menues) and<br>associative (taxonomy links, related links, content related dynamic<br>links) navigation. This 40 hours is for the initial architectural
<br>prototyping and initial testing. As development continues, this model<br>will be refined, so that will involve additional man hours for<br>architect.<br><br><br>saludos,<br><br>Victor Kane<br><a href="http://awebfactory.com.ar">
http://awebfactory.com.ar</a><br><br>> 4) WireFrames - including interaction design<br>> 5) Photoshop designs<br>> 6) Graphic design deliverables<br>> 7) Branding<br>><br>> What is not going to be included in the estimate:
<br>> 1) Implementation of a new theme<br>> 2) Module implementation<br>> 3) Site implementation<br>> 4) Data migration<br>><br>> If you know web site designers, information architects, graphic designers,
<br>> interaction designers please pass on their contact information. They should<br>> have experience with 200K user, and 30M page view size sites.<br>><br>> If you'd like to be involved in the re-design of
<a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> and you are<br>> willing to commit hours of detailed analysis work, join:<br>> <a href="http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-org-redesign-analysis">http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-org-redesign-analysis
</a><br>><br>> Thanks,<br>> Kieran<br>> Drupal assocation board member, fundraising<br>><br>> --<br>> To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.<br>><br>><br>> --<br>> To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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