Website Redesign & Implementation

I was tasked with recreating the Inworks (CU Denver & Anschutz) web presence. I sitemapped, wireframed, implemented designs in our CMS, and coded in this project.

Challenge

Due to technical difficulties, the Inworks website needed to be completely recreated. In addition to recreating the website, we wanted to reduce repeated content and its unnecessary diversification, and focus more on desired actions.

Questions

Can we reduce the total amount of pages to counteract paralysis of choice?
How can we prioritize the three desired actions for our users?
Are there places where we can migrate content to other pages?
Is there some content that can be removed entirely? (outdated, irrelevant)

Process

Sitemapping the old website, and planning where to migrate content. The first step was to map the old site, recording user pathways, content, and hierarchy. After that, I could analyze where to migrate content by viewing the site holistically. This was one of the biggest undertakings, as reducing repeated content, and reducing unnecessary diversification of content were two of the three main objectives of the redesign.
Creating a new sitemap, and planning which old content would move into the new pages. This step was important as it would lay the groundwork for all the processes that followed.
Agile development begins. To create the Inworks website, we used Agile methodology, where I mostly worked with (now former) Inworks Program Manager, Kelsie Faulds and Associate Director of Inworks and the Comcast Media Center, Alejandro De Jesus.
After many cycles of Agile development, final QA is performed, and the website is published. The development and the design underwent many interations with insight from the Inworks team, the External Programs team, and from others under the College of Engineering, Design and Computing.

Solution

The outcome was a freshly revamped Inworks website, which I architected, designed, wrote content for, coded, and implemented, with insight and management from the Inworks team and College of Engineering, Design and Computing.