[thelist] process question: hi-end multimedia sites

[Mike Hardaker]

> >There are numerous phases.
> >1. Needs assessment
> >2. Information architecture
> >3. Content development
> >4. GUI development (concurrent with platform/browser testing)
> >5. Usability study (paper or screen comps, sometimes on simplified HTML)
> >6. GUI refinement
> >7. Launch
> >(client review at various phases)

I'd add at the beginning:

0. Make sure you understand the client's business, and their goals for the
site. And make sure every key meber of the team developing the site knows
these. Oh, and get agreement from the client that this *is* what they want.

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Mike Hardaker
Founder & Publisher
AngloINFO
www.angloinfo.com