Overview

Audit, plan, and improve a digital product's information architecture with this structured review template. Designed for UX designers, product managers, and content strategists, this template provides a framework for mapping navigation structures, content hierarchies, and user pathways — and identifying where users get lost.

Key Features

• Site map structure for visualizing page hierarchy and navigation
• Content inventory zone for cataloging existing pages and assets
• User pathway mapping area for common task flows
• Gap and redundancy flagging section
• Recommendation canvas for proposed IA improvements

How to Use

1. Build out your current-state site map using shapes and connectors — one shape per page or section, connected to show hierarchy
2. Add content inventory items as Cards linked to the relevant section of the site map
3. Trace 2–3 key user pathways through the structure using colored connector lines — one color per task type
4. Use sticky notes to flag pain points: where do users drop off, get confused, or encounter dead ends?
5. In the recommendations section, sketch a proposed IA improvement using the same shape-and-connector approach — then compare current vs. proposed side-by-side

Benefits

Users who can't find something can't use it. A clear, shared IA map gives your team the foundation to make navigation decisions based on user behavior, not org chart logic.