Contents

City of Calgary, Documentation

Policies, Procedures, and Processes

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Design Challenge

Develop an original information architecture for the City of Calgary, including templates for procedures, policies, and protocols.

Constraints

The constraints reflect the intention of improved Microsoft Word skills, specifically:

  1. Apply styles to format page elements, numbering, and tables.
  2. Nest styles to maintain structure throughout documentation.
  3. Build strong templates which allow for information reuse between documents.

Information Architecture

The documentation features a series of reusable information blocks:

  1. Document type
  2. Branding
  3. Title
  4. Label
  5. Headings
  6. Callout

Procedure:

City-owned Trees

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A procedure document with a set of instructions.
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Pet License

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A procedure document with a support callout

Process:

Property Assessment

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A process document with an embedded process diagram.
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Policies:

Social Media Guidelines

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Trifold policy document.
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A policy document featuring a 3-column layout.