Match Information Needs and Development Goals

What development goals do we hope this web based information is going to meet? What is the intended purpose of the web site? How is that information going to be used to improve health, educational attainment, and income levels in deprived communities, the export earnings of the country for example? How is the information that is going to be accessed via the web site going to meet particular development objectives?

Define the type and nature of information that is needed to achieve a development objective. Most web sites provide many types of information intended for different purposes. It is however effective to minimise the number of different purposes for the web site inorder to increase its effectiveness. For example, the provision of factual information on socio-economic development activities will target staff working in health. The content has to be therefore of the right quality and quantity to meet their professional needs. If the resource is going to be used to improve educational attainment for primary school children in rural areas, there would be a need for more visuals, animation, sound and less text - consider also the implications of the preceding guidelines e.g. access speed to the Internet.

Content Architecture