There's a lot to do in developing a successful web presence, so understanding the various steps and the order in which they are performed can help make things much more efficient. Here's a typical development cycle.
The Digital Crew Development Process
Discover
After you contact us, we'll need to begin learning about your business requirements, goals and budget. We'll communicate by email, by phone and face-to-face meetings or workshops.
Define
Once we've proven to you that we can meet your needs, we'll begin a detailed analysis of your projects requirements. We'll start by helping you develop your Internet strategy and define the goals by which we can judge the project successful. With the aims and targets clear, we will then develop the project plan.
Design & Development
Based on the design documentation and technical specifications generated in the previous stage, we'll now shift into production mode. Our graphic design team will refine and develop the aesthetic concepts agreed during the planning stage. Through a series of design prototypes, they'll work with you towards the final look and feel of your site. At the same time, our programmers will be designing and coding the backend programs and databases to realise the functional requirements. Your project co-ordinator will also work with you to gather and prepare all required written content.
Integration & Testing
This is where all the preparatory work comes together. The templates, programs and content from the previous stage will be integrated into the final product. Of course, we'll be doing plenty of testing, and will encourage you to be involved in this too - after all, it is extremely important that you're happy with our work. Based on your feedback we'll make any necessary alterations and tweaks.
Deploy
Once everything is ready, we'll publish the site on the Internet (or your intranet), and once again verify that everything is working as it should be. Depending on the nature of the project and our initial agreement, we'll also provide you with appropriate training. It's at this point that promotional work can begin too, to ensure people see and use your new website.
Now your project is live, it's important to work to make it as effective in achieving its goals as possible. This means promoting the site through a variety of channels, monitoring and reacting to feedback, and developing new functionality and content areas in response to your clients' demands. We'll be here to advise you throughout the lifetime of your site - we hope to partner you through ever greater successes.
So, let's get started...
Simply fill in our contact form, or send us an email at info@digital-crew.com to get your project rolling today. We know you won't be disappointed.
