Sage has a detailed five-phase process, helping to keep projects
on time and on budget. Here you'll find the basics of the process,
which we will customize to suit your site's needs, and which can
also be used to track the progress of your project.
Phase 1 - Defining the Project |
Major Tasks:
- Gather background information
- Target audience definition
- Competitive site review
- Conceptual functional requirements
- Project planning
- Preliminary budgets
- Scheduling
- Team creation
- Staging site creation
- Kickoff meeting
- Develop communication brief
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Major Deliverables:
- Signed contracts
- Tech check survey for site hosting
- Communication brief
- Project plan
- Project staging site
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Phase 2 - Develop the Structure
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Major Tasks:
- Audit existing content
- Outline content
- Identify gaps in content
- Prepare content delivery plan
- Prepare site map
- Develop naming conventions
- Navigation planning
- Develop HTML protosite
- Create user scenarios
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Major Deliverables:
- Content delivery plan
- Site map
- Navigation structure
- Basic story boards
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Phase 3 - Design the Visual Interface
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Major Tasks:
- Develop concept mock-ups
- Gather feedback and make revisions
- Create templates
- Create style guide
- Create form structures
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Major Deliverables:
- Concept mock-ups
- Graphic templates
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Phase 4 - Build & Integrate
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Major Tasks:
- Create implementation plan
- Confirm naming conventions
- Confirm staging areas and
access
- Create HTML pages and templates
- Scripting and coding
- Backend systems integration
- Quality assurance processes
- Testing and bug fixes
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Major Deliverables:
- File structure & naming document
- HTML pages for
all available content
- Quality testing Plan
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Phase 5 - Launch & Beyond
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Major Tasks:
- Upload site to production server
- Set up stats monitoring
- Schedule training
- Create announcement plan
- Search engine submissions
- Confirm site backup
- Follow up
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Major Deliverables:
- Site launch
- Staff training
- Search engine submission
- Maintenance plan
- Assist with announcement plan
- Backup / disaster recovery
plan
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