There have been a lot of discussion on LinkedIn and other various places (here, here, and here for instance) about best practices and software for IA (Information Architecture) and UX (User Experience) work. And with good reason. It is such a nebulous field, especially with different departments requiring different types of deliverables (functional specs for developers, wireframes for designers, site maps for account managers, etc.). And with so many competing sofware packages (Illustrator, Visio, Axure..), how do you define a best-of-breed application?

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