Sanjay Morziaria's website management journey

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Genghis Khan on website management

If Genghis Khan was alive today, what would his management style be in managing a website? You will be surprised how good he would be!

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Card sorting and IA

A card sort exercise as a quick and cost effective way to understand how users view your IA. Read more about this technique.

The online world is different

It is fundamentally very different to print in how it is used. By understanding the differences, you can adopt a different approach when writing for the web.

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Use heuristic evaluation get quick usability feedback as early as possible in the development cycle. This saves time and money.

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Web writing is different to print and so you need to adapt your writing style. Users scan for their content rather than read it. Be succinct and use simple language.

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Industry thoughts and news

►Standard Charted moves all staff to the iPhone. This backs recent research that over 80% of mobile web surfing is now done on the iPhone platform.

► The British Red Cross have relaunched a more user-focussed website. My friend Dave must have had a hand in this!

► Econsultancy reports that Brits spend £71 a month online.

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A PRINCE 2 Practitioner and MS Project certified professional (including security clearance to SC level) Sanjay Morzaria has a proven track record of digital projects, planning & defining projects and working in matrix structures. Able to analyse business & user priorities in a pragmatic way. Effective at building & managing stakeholder relationships. See his current career details.

Proven experience of enterprise CMS (GOSS, Sitecore, Tridion, Teamsite & Vignette), HTML, project lifecycle, requirements analysis (converting them to PID), research methodologies (user surveys, card sort, questionnaires), user-centred design, personas, pilot testing and implementation.

Free IT training

As part of my social responsibility to the local community of Harrow, west London, I carryout personalised computer training for the elderly or disadvantaged. Find out more and request your own tailored training.

Conferences

Over the past eight years, I have presented and chaired at number of web technology related conferences. View details of conferences and presentation slides. Also see my tips for effective chairing at conferences and meetings.