Our Approach
During our time in business we've constantly refined and improved our approach to projects. Outlined below is a brief overview of a common project life cycle:
Enquiry
We discuss the project with you in detail, we listen to your requirements and expectations and produce a detailed project proposal, which includes an initial estimate. Both parties then sign a contract which contains a detailed specification of what we will deliver and the time frame of delivery.
Plan
We kick-off the project with research; including customers, stakeholders and competitors' sites so we fully understand the problems we're aiming to solve. After that, we work on the information architecture aspects of the project, so deciding how best to organise the content and label it so the site is easy to navigate for users.
Design
Our design phase starts by deciding on the content elements for each of the key pages along with wireframes for each of the main templates the website will contain. Wireframes allow stakeholders to focus on the content elements and their visual hierarchy without the distraction of typography, colour and texture.
Once the wireframes are approved we start work on the design of the site, translating the wireframes into finished articles, usually supplied as images. We then revise the designs based on your feedback until final versions are agreed upon.
Build
The build phase involves first translating the visual design into web standards compliant and accessible HTML templates and then the development of the server-side functionality and, depending on the particular project, the integration of a content management system or framework.
Test
A thorough testing phase includes browser testing, user testing, accessibility testing and device testing.
Launch
The champagne is on ice, which can mean only one thing, it's time to launch the website! Before a project goes live it first has to pass every point on our detailed "go live" checklist to ensure it's 100% ready.
Maintain
You've taken off but the journey's only just begun! A website is always a work-in-progress so this is the time to review, analyse and improve.
We gather and analyse data from a variety of sources including user and stakeholder feedback, Google Analytics, Google's Webmaster Tools (WMT) and server performance metrics.