2. When an organization takes on a website redesign, it
generates hype and excitement, creating a sense of
empowerment for the project owners. However, only
by empowering the end-users of the site can the
project owners achieve and sustain their long-term
goals. While this is no small task, it is one that can be
managed, systematically executed, and driven by
reliable data.
3.
4. The Typical Website Redesign Process:
1: Hire a vendor that excels in technical prowess and
skill, that is, the team of .NET mavericks.
2: Conduct internal stakeholder meetings.
3: Define an information architecture based on the
organization’s internal structure.
4: Develop high-fidelity wireframes.
5.
6. 5: Create pixel-perfect design comps that represent
each page.
6: Implement the website according to the
recommendations of the vendor.
7: Enter (or dynamically migrate) existing content; create
some new content.
7. 8: Go through a level of QA.
9: Launch the website.
10: Bask in the glory of the completed project.
8. 11: Field requests for changes because the “website no
longer meets our needs.”
12: Get the leadership team together to ask, “Is it time to
redesign the website?”
