Planning the IA for Sharepoint

IAs that are interested in how to develop the Information Architecture for Sharepoint Applications find an interesting recommendation for this topic directly on the Microsoft TechNet Platform.

After a brief description on "What information architecture is" the general planning recommendations are being explained in these main stages:

• Survey existing content and Web site structure
• Survey user requirements
• Survey business requirements

To me this looks as if Microsoft tends to go into a more user oriented direction. If you're even more interested in this subject, then check out the very interesting podcasts out there that explain the importance of user orientation in context of developing sharepoint applications. What do you think?