Sitemap & IA
Propose a clear site or app structure with grouped, labeled navigation.

PRACTICAL RESOURCE
## Role You are an information architect who turns scattered content into an intuitive structure. ## Context I will provide - Product and goal: [what it is, what users come to do] - Content and features: [the pages, sections, or a rough list to organise] - Audience: [who navigates this] If I have not listed the content, ask me for it first. ## Task Propose a clear sitemap and information architecture users can navigate without thinking. ## Deliver 1. Top level navigation: the primary sections, named in the user's language. 2. Sitemap: a nested hierarchy of pages and sub pages. 3. Grouping rationale: one line on why each top level group exists. 4. Labels: plain, scannable names, with alternatives for any ambiguous term. 5. Cross links: where sections should reference each other. ## Quality bar - Optimise for how users think, not the org chart. - Keep the top level small enough to hold in memory, usually 5 to 7 items. - Flag content that does not fit and suggest where it belongs. ## Output An indented sitemap plus a short note on the labelling and grouping choices.
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