content-audit

A content audit catalogs and evaluates existing pages, media, and content types to establish a baseline. You need one before a major redesign or when optimizing navigation to uncover missing content types and feed your IA document and site map.

To inventory content for a site map, catalog all current pages, content types, and media to establish a baseline. Then evaluate quality, identify gaps, and propose Keep, Revise, Remove, or Consolidate actions to shape the final site map outline.

Yes, a content audit applies to content-heavy IA projects across multiple surfaces. It provides a structured process for inventory, quality analysis, and handover to produce an IA-ready overview and scalable site maps.

The best way to evaluate content quality before a redesign is to analyze existing content against your baseline inventory. This identifies gaps and proposes Keep, Revise, Remove, or Consolidate actions to optimize navigation and structure.

A content audit produces an IA Document Content Types table and a Site Map outline for implementation and handover. These outputs help teams optimize navigation and document missing content types discovered during the inventory process.

Your site map needs a content inventory because it establishes a baseline of existing pages and content types. Without this audit, you risk missing critical content types and creating unscalable navigation structures during the redesign.