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discuss the relationship between Information Architecture and Navigation and why is it important.

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When designing a new site, can designers ignore the IA and focus only on the navigation? The answer is no: it’s inefficient and even dangerous to do so. Navigation that does not adequately accommodate the full scope of content and functionality of a site can be very costly. For example, let’s assume that a design team decides to use a typical inverted-L style navigation (one top navigation bar and a left rail) because they like the way it looks. An inverted-L can accommodate sites that are no more than 4 tiers deep. Unfortunately, later in the project they conduct a site inventory and discover that many sections of the site will be more than 4 tiers deep. Now they must either go back and design a new navigation structure or try to cram all the content into 4 tiers.

Define the IA Before Designing Navigation

When approaching a design or redesign project, it is important to take a look under the hood and start by defining or redefining the IA. The IA doesn’t need to be final before beginning to wireframe and prototype, but a first pass is necessary to get a handle on the volume and complexity of the content. Making navigation component choices based on looks alone can force you to change an ideal IA to something that doesn’t best serve the needs of users or accommodate your content.

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