WEBSITE PLANNING

Step 1: Project Planning

Project planning refers to determining the overall goals and objectives of the web development project. This is arguably the most important stage in the entire project. It is further divided into the following five parts.

Requirement Assessment – Requirement assessment refers to finding out the precise requirements of the website. This includes determining the target audience, website goals, detailed features, and other similar information about the website.

Project Summary – Project summary sums up the website’s requirements. The document is typically concise, and serves as a reference point throughout the web development process.

Determining Required Resources – The project planning stage also defines the software and other resource requirements for the website project. In this step, any 3rd party media needs is identified. All of the resource requirements is then added to the budget of the project.

Key performance goals – The website planning stage also involves determining key performance goals. Project deadlines, budgeted costs, and page speed are some of the website design and development goals that are set at this stage.

Competitor Analysis – Finally, this stage also involves conducting competitor analysis. Which are the rival businesses of the your website? How many visitors will visit the website? What will be their bounce rate? Other important things that are considered at this stage include visual branding, call to action, navigation, and layout.