The document provides an overview of the key steps and responsibilities in launching a new website project. It discusses preparing for the kickoff meeting by understanding stakeholders, sacred cows, and hidden clients. It also outlines defining the site purpose and functionality, creating site maps and wireframes, developing designs, loading content, testing, and ultimately launching the live site. The client and Covenant each have responsibilities to ensure the project runs smoothly.

2. Purpose of a Kick-off Meeting

5. Yep, we are goin’ there….

6. Our Experience Tells Us… There will be people and influences involved that are so well-known within your organization that you never think to mention them. Hidden Clients : Individuals in your organization whose opinions and input may be critical to the design, function, or maintenance of the site, but you may not have considered their participation yet with Covenant. Sacred Cows: Unique characteristics of your organization that are so ingrained, you take them for granted -- or the items you just assume we’ll know to include in your new site. If the CEO has a love for all things purple – that’s a Sacred Cow we need to know about. We need to know these stakeholders’ thoughts and concerns and characteristics right from the beginning.

11. CovenantConnect Let’s do a brief live demonstration . . .

18. Site Functionality Primary questions: 1) What tasks do site visitors need to complete? 2) What tasks do site administrators need to accomplish?

22. Let’s create your site map right now!

28. The colors and textures of the site, the organization and navigation structure, even the fonts and style of imagery for the whole site are established in the home page design. We commit a great deal of time – with plenty of input from you – to this stage of development. Look and Feel

33. Umm…can I add something new to my Web site ?

34. Just contact your Account Executive. Upon your request, we will provide you with the budget and schedule impact for your consideration. All changes to deliverables and scope require a written Change Order.

36. Our team sets to work developing code for all of the site’s functionalities. The various types of code, xhtml, css, javascript and server-side coding such as PHP, ASP.NET, are prepared during this phase. Your site is known as a “test site” until it has been launched. Your Account Executive may provide you with the IP address to view sections of the project as it develops. The Back-end

37. Covenant will perform a thorough quality check and then cross-browser testing. You will also conduct testing. Test at the office, test from home, test with friends. During this time, you may notice errors in the text or images. Please remember the site is not complete and rest assured we are working in the background. Compile all revisions into ONE document; with as much detail as possible including screen shots taken from your computer. Test, Test and Test!

38. Hold on…we still have some work to do to prepare your Web site to go live

39. Hosting Setup and Transfer Please be patient, this takes time. It is not unexpected to run into technical issues. After everything is completed; it will take your site at least 48 hours to populate throughout the Web. Don’t plan to hold your launch party until the site is fully live.