The matrix design

In my post on October 28, I mentioned finding a matrix that inspired me to create my own. The need to get that matrix created has been gnawing at me. I have more than 30 artifacts in my portfolio (those poor reviewers!) and nearly the same number of standards and indicators to document. That's a matrix with an awful lot of cells on one electronic screen.

I alternated between numbering the artifacts across the top of the matrix with brief statements of standards down the side - and reversing those positions. I finally settled on indicating standards by letter/numbers across the top and the artifacts down the side. My reasoning was that such a layout made the artifact list more expandable.

My next task was to figure out how to keep a viewer from getting lost in an endless grid of boxes. I've decided to use color. I'm alternating vertical bands of color so the eye can travel down the list of standards. I'm using horizontal bands of color to represent the sections and subsections of the portfolio. It passed the Dr. Baumbach test, so I doubt it will change much.