Project Management
Reaching an understanding of what the vision and purpose the application is needed for. Including article organization, forms, galleries, user registration and databases integration. Finding out what the goals and scope of the project are shed some important light on the budget and skill sets needed for completion.
Setting Goals
Putting together a time line of the process and sharing it with the client keeps the project moving and will allow insight into any changes in budget. Also allowing staff working on the project to open their calendars or provide additional feedback regarding timeline adjustments. Project management tools keep track of the punch-list of organized tasks strategically grouped and ordered informing both companies on the project’s status.
Idea Generation
Creating wireframes is one of the most basic ways to give the overall understanding of what the site’s layout and page hierarchy. Examples of a rough sketch of the site is a stepping stone into the design and development process. Software such as Axure or Balsamiq can be used to build mockups quickly by dragging and dropping elements onto a canvas. It can also display on a website allowing the client to click through, and comprehend that those boxes are really buttons.
QA
Reviewing the product and giving your team the support with a heads up for any corrections needed helps eliminate potential frustration. This can include typos, alignment issues, feature functionality, site errors and much more. As the sites are built-out, staff can become error blind and things can be overlooked.