Design by Morango.co.uk

Website Design and Production

1. Requirements Analysis

• Determine the goals for the website from the perspective of the user and the business.
• Define the user needs and target usability requirements.
• Evaluate existing versions of the site and of competitors/inspiration.
• Understand existing constraints

2. Conceptual Design

• Sketch out a site design and architecture at an abstract level.
• Conduct a task analysis to find critical features.

3. Mock-ups / Prototypes

• Create visual representations (mock-ups) or interactive representations (prototypes) of the site.
• Evaluate usability through user tests, and walkthroughs.
• Use the evaluation results to create more mock-ups or improve the prototypes.
• Repeat this step until the design and usability goals are met.

4. Architecture

• Determine the most appropriate technologies to achieve desired UI style and backend functionality
• Evaluate cost and time impact/effect of all such components.

5. Production

• Create the website pages
• Evaluate functionality through testing, quality assurance, usability testing, and field testing.
• Use the evaluation results to improve the product.
• Repeat this process (production iteration) until the business goals are met.

6. Launch and Maintenance

• Launch the website or section.
• Maintain and refine with user feedback.
• Use the feedback to create new requirements, and begin major design improvements.