What benefit is there to hiring an external Information Architect (IA), when there are in-house IA resources?
The best information architecture teams are comprised of both outside vendors and an internal team. The external IA will see the site with fresh eyes, is not influenced by internal politics or hierarchies, and takes a user-centric view of the site. The internal IA team has a strong understanding of the organization and its particular goals, has audience expertise and will be around for the long haul sustaining the product.
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