Domain Modeling for Digital Information Designers
As Information Architects, we get called into projects to structure, organize, and optimize complex information systems to meet business and user goals. All too often, however, these systems are plagued by unwritten assumptions and tacit rules. Domain Modeling is an activity designed to uncover and create a shared vision of the conceptual information space—the “Domain”—in which an organization and its users operate.
This full day, hands-on workshop situates domain modeling in IA project contexts and interactively walks participants through two equally important domain modeling phases: identifying, defining, and validating the core concepts in the subject domain in question, and then mapping and validating the principal relationships between those concepts. We close the session with a discussion of putting domain models into action and using them to drive and align project activities and outcomes.
Workshop Highlights
- When and why to model a domain based on project needs
- How to plan and facilitate domain modeling work
- How to identify and define domain concepts and how to review and refine those concepts with stakeholders and SMEs
- How to model domain relationships and review and refine those models with stakeholders and SMEs
- How to integrate domain modeling work into project lifecycles to identify goals, focus activities, and maintain alignment
- Where to find agenda and document templates participants can freely use and adapt to get started with domain modeling
Venue
- Information Architecture Conference, New Orleans, LA | March 31, 2023
