Website project
Step 1 - pre kick-off
Dusted requests the following:
- Brand guidelines & assets
- GA, GSC, GTM access
- WordPress (or other CMS) access
- List of competitors
- Brief (if available)
Step 2: Kick-off meeting
Topics to discuss:
- Business goals / objectives
- Audience
- Brand guidelines
- Website KPIs
- Current and future website IA
- Content strategy
- SEO strategy
- Website analytics
- Functionality / integrations
- PM process / milestones
- Schedule / deadline
- Post launch hosting / support
Step 3: Milestone: Agree the following
- Recommended IA
- Schedule
- Content strategy
- SEO strategy
- Hosting
- SOW
- Final budget (in case of TBD items in the estimate)
Step 4: Design sprints (iterations)
- Client presentations (design routes)
- Client feedback / Change requests
- Design development (chosen route)
- Design assets creation
Stage 5: Development sprints (iterations)
- CMS installation and setup
- Front-end development (in sprints)
- Client staging website provided
- Client feedback (every 2 weeks)
Stage 6: Content integration
- Manual integration of provided content
- Migration of content from WordPress (e.g. News)
- Client review of the integrated content
Stage 7: Functional testing and UAT
Stage 8: Client sign-off
Stage 9: Deployment
Stage 10: Support (ongoing)