Don Norman and Taskonomies
Don Norman differentiates between a taxonomy for search and retrieval and a taskonomy for executing activities:
"Is activity-centered design overthrowing all that we have learned about human-centered design? No, definitely not. I consider activity structure to be a refinement of HCD. Taxonomic structures are appropriate when there is no context, when suddenly needing some new piece of information or tool. That’s why this structure works well for libraries, stores, websites, and the program menu of an operating system. But once an activity has begun, then taskonomy is the way to go, where things used together are placed near one another, where any one item might be located logically within the taxonomic structure but also wherever behaviorally appropriate for the activities being supported."
As Patrick has pointed out, this relates somewhat to my "target content" piece.
[via ThinkingShift, Green Chameleon, Anecdote]
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