How to Save a web project from the beginning Topic | development
Posted by: Ron Flack on Apr 11, 10 | 10:58 am | Profile
This is a list that I've built over the years ... Kelly Goto and others as similar questions. Use them at will ... like they are your own. If you change anything ... tell me, I'd like to add/edit my list.
/// Who are you, what do you want to tell your customers?
Talk about your goods/services
Jeffery Zeldman asks "Why does it matter?" -- Why does it matter?
Talk about how you are unique in the market place
Talk about who your customers are/could be
How do you want to voice yourself in conversation w/ your customers
/// Big Picture Issues to address out the gate:
IF current site what do you like about it?
IF current site what needs to be different?
Who will use this site?
What will they be able to do?
Business Goals
Who are the players in your industry ... List sites that you like ... talk about what you do/don't like
Self maintained?
Status of Current Web content? Is there a CMS in place?
What assets are in place, branding, advertising pieces, news letters?
Software integration Requirements
What kind of computer, os, browser and email do you use?
eCommerce? How many products. Photos, Data in place?
Time Frame
Budget?
Who are the stakeholders
Are there items in place that can not change?
Stakeholder platform browser screen rez
Version 2 starts in the last 1/3 of version 1
/// Technical Expectations/Needs:
Hosting
URL, Domain
Current host FTP Server/User/Password
Current Host Backend PHP, MySQL
CMS Access Requirements / MySQL etc
Key Technical Contact Person/email
Key Content Contact Person/email
Current Site Status [Maintain during production]
List New email accounts desired
If we provide hosting -- What time zone?
Who will maintain content?
Technical Contact -- email phone
HIGH Priority Browsers, MAC/PC firefox, MAC Safari, PC IE7, IE8
Stakeholder Platform, OS, browser, monitor resolution, level of technical understanding
Current system integration needs
This is by no means every issue that needs to be covered, and there's not a client on the planet that will have all this information at the time of your first visit ... but the really good thing is that the issues are planted in their minds. A short follow up meeting can usually get the rest of the info in place so everyone understands each other.
Hope this severs you well my friends,
rf
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Posted by: Ron Flack on Apr 11, 10 | 10:58 am | Profile
This is a list that I've built over the years ... Kelly Goto and others as similar questions. Use them at will ... like they are your own. If you change anything ... tell me, I'd like to add/edit my list.
/// Who are you, what do you want to tell your customers?
Talk about your goods/services
Jeffery Zeldman asks "Why does it matter?" -- Why does it matter?
Talk about how you are unique in the market place
Talk about who your customers are/could be
How do you want to voice yourself in conversation w/ your customers
/// Big Picture Issues to address out the gate:
IF current site what do you like about it?
IF current site what needs to be different?
Who will use this site?
What will they be able to do?
Business Goals
Who are the players in your industry ... List sites that you like ... talk about what you do/don't like
Self maintained?
Status of Current Web content? Is there a CMS in place?
What assets are in place, branding, advertising pieces, news letters?
Software integration Requirements
What kind of computer, os, browser and email do you use?
eCommerce? How many products. Photos, Data in place?
Time Frame
Budget?
Who are the stakeholders
Are there items in place that can not change?
Stakeholder platform browser screen rez
Version 2 starts in the last 1/3 of version 1
/// Technical Expectations/Needs:
Hosting
URL, Domain
Current host FTP Server/User/Password
Current Host Backend PHP, MySQL
CMS Access Requirements / MySQL etc
Key Technical Contact Person/email
Key Content Contact Person/email
Current Site Status [Maintain during production]
List New email accounts desired
If we provide hosting -- What time zone?
Who will maintain content?
Technical Contact -- email phone
HIGH Priority Browsers, MAC/PC firefox, MAC Safari, PC IE7, IE8
LOWER Priority Browsers, PC CHROME and (IE6 ?)
SEO Optimized markup/xhtml/css
Google Analytics http://www.google.com/analytics/sign_up.html
Page Orientation (Centered 1024)
Stakeholder Platform, OS, browser, monitor resolution, level of technical understanding
Current system integration needs
This is by no means every issue that needs to be covered, and there's not a client on the planet that will have all this information at the time of your first visit ... but the really good thing is that the issues are planted in their minds. A short follow up meeting can usually get the rest of the info in place so everyone understands each other.
Hope this severs you well my friends,
rf
Wire News
WIRED | Hands-On With New $100 Apple TV | Story
When Steve Jobs was preparing to introduce the Apple TV, he called it "one more hobby," and based on our first impressions, that's a safe choice of words. The new Apple TV is a major hardware revamp — one quarter the size of its predecessor.
WIRED | Apple Takes Aim at Cable With Tiny New Apple TV | Story
The new Apple TV, which will go on sale at the end of September for $100, is a puny box just one-quarter the size of the previous model. It has an HDMI port, a built-in power supply, an optical audio port, an ethernet jack, and built-in Wi-Fi.
WIRED | New iPods, Apple TV Expected This Week | Story
Apple will hold a press conference Wednesday, where Steve Jobs is expected to announce the birth of new stars in his product galaxy, including (probably) new iPods and (possibly) a successor to Apple TV.
WIRED | Apple Likely to Unveil New TV Products Sept. 1 | Story
Apple this morning invited members of the press to a special event scheduled for Sept. 1. Rumor has it that Apple is preparing to announce a major revamp for the Apple TV and upgrades for the popular iPod Touch in an event scheduled for early September, according to multiple reports.
WIRED | Porn Industry Aroused by FaceTime Possibilities | Story
You will not be surprised that the porn industry is all over the iPhone 4 -- and the latest business opportunity is, almost inevitably, FaceTime.
MacCentral News
Ping attracts 1 million users in 48 hours
Apple's new iTunes-based social network, Ping, registered more than one million members within 48 hours of its launch.
Story
Hurd joins Oracle as co-president
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd has been appointed co-president of Oracle, the software company announced Monday.
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QuickBooks 2011 to deliver multi-user functionality to Macs
Intuit on Tuesday will unveil the latest version of its accounting and small business management application. The new version, available later this month, is highlighted by the arrival of multi-user functionality.
Story
In ad, Motorola hits out at iPhone over lack of Flash
Motorola has once again hit out at Apple with another ad, this time highlighting the lack of Adobe Flash on the iPhone compared to the Droid 2.
Story
What to expect from Apple's iOS updates
iOS 4.1 is supposed to arrive this week, followed by the 4.2 update in November. If you've got questions about Apple's batch of iOS updates, we'll supply the answers.
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