This tutorial will introduce you to the basic steps of the Web Development Process, and the primary roles professionals will play on a Development team.
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- Web Development Process: Overview
- Web Development Process: Before You Begin
- Web Development Process: Production Phases
- Web Development Process: Team Roles
- U. Texas at Austin — Learning Web Design Process
- Web Style Guide
- University of Technology Sydney — Web Development
- Learn the Net
The Web Development Process is a collaboration between creative and business thinkers that results in a website, or web-based activity, that will support a predefined set of goals.
This article from PING magazine provides a fun, somewhat simplified overview of the Website Development Process
http://www.pingmag.jp/2005/12/09/the-website-development-process/
The Web Development process starts long before a designer starts imagining the look of a site, or the programmer writes a line of code. The process begins with brainstorming, researching and writing down a plan of what you are going to build, and why.
Getting Started — Review some of the many issues to consider before you begin a web project.
Consider your goals, audience, budget, timeline and other considerations.
Describe your goals, audience and other considerations in writing
The Web Design Process begins once you have defined your project and secured the team. There are several steps, often overlapping in time:
- STEP 1: Project Definition (Note: This step is a bit redundant to the Project Specification step in the section above. Consider it a chance to clarify the "Spec" further.)
- STEP 2: Site Structure
- STEP 3: Visual Design
- STEP 4: Site Development
- STEP 5: Testing
- STEP 6: Launch and Maintenance
The exact number of people on a web development team, and the number of roles they play, can vary quite a bit depending on the project's scope, funding and goals. There are also some job titles that are often used interchangeably, because there can be overlap in their responsibilities (Example: Producer and Project Manager).
Check out this list of the fundamental roles in Web Production. Then look at the additional Web Team Overview links that follow and see how the exact titles may differ but the jobs that need to be done are very much the same.
- Content Expert/Client
- Producer
- Project Manager
- Information Architect
- Graphic (Visual) Designer
- Programmer
- Content Developer/Writer
- End user