C-Inspector: Task-Based Category Testing

Steffen Schilb is at it again. First came CardSort. Now he’s developed another interesting tool to test your information architecture called C-Inspector:

“C–Inspector is a web–based application that helps you to test the information architecture of your website. By analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data collected through the remote test, you can gain insight into the users’ mental models and identify possible issues with labelling or grouping.”

I’ve not tried the tool myself yet, but it looks promising. The task-based approach would appear to give rich feedback on your IA. This isn’t new, though–the guys over at Optimal Usability also just recently launched TreeJack, which I got to see at the IA Summit in Memphis. It also takes a task-based approach.

Congratulations, Steffen.

About Jim Kalbach

Head of Customer Experience at MURAL

2 comments

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  2. Hi James,

    I recently heard about C-Inspector from Steffen and decided do a bit of a comparison between it and Optimal Workshop’s Treejack:

    Test your information architecture using C-Inspector

    It’s a good app and I definitely recommended using a tool like this to validate your new IA.

    Cheers, Jussi

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