Website design and development process

client pitch process

  1. Get design brief from client
  2. Discuss design requirements with design team
  3. Ask additional requirements to client
  4. Create design mock ups
  5. Submit pitch requirements
  6. Win Pitch

Client signs with SDi

  • Design Team tweaks initial design mock ups
  • Create additional pages not included in the pitch
  • Client approves design
  • Target completion date given to Client
  • Dev Team starts development
  • Coded templates shown to Client

 

Client signs with SDi

  • Client wants design changes
  • Design team revises approved design
  • Dev team revises coded templates and shown to client again
  • Dev team starts back-end development
  • New / Old Content are uploaded
  • Client wants new pages and features
  • New changes are evaluated if cost is fit in the budget
  • Never ending changes
  • Target completion pushed weeks from initial date
  • Launch Website

the process is flawed

Unlimited revisions, movable deadlines, project scope is always changing

what can we change?

project kick off

  • Scope / Features
  • Information Architecture
  • Timelines
  • Client Sign off

mock ups

  • Wireframes
  • Interactive Prototypes

Revisions

  • Limited
  • Will incur additional costs

ideal design process

site map

User journey

User journey

User journey

wireframes

wireframes

Style guide

new process

  1. Client signs with SDI
  2. Project Kickoff
  3. Gather all website requirements
  4. Discuss project scope, timelines and deliverable
  5. Project sign off with Client
  6. Create wireframes
  7. Get feedback from client
  8. Create prototype based on the wireframes
  9. Get feedback from client
  10. Prototype sign off with client
  11. Dev team starts backend development
  12. Get feedback from client RE backend
  13. Launch Website

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By Gene Ronquillo