How to manage web design projects

Nearly all web designers, freelance web designers or full-time web designers, often find out the hard way that effective communication & hands on project management are critical skills to have in the business of web design.

A Good Web Project Management is grounded on a couple of fundamentals you need to get right from the outset.

Here they are in simple ways, which you will find out in web design project management specifically for website projects that applies to nearly all website design & redesign projects, from the simplest to the most complex.

Map out your project

a. Collecting information like client survey, maintenance survey
b. Find out your audience requirements, capabilities, technical requirements
c. Jot down the creative brief
d. Determining goals
e. Creating a project graph
f. Mapping schedules
g. Kicking off the project

Developing site structure

a. Addressing content
b. Auditing existing content
c. Outlining content
d. Creating a content delivery plan
e. Building the site map
f. Determining the naming conventions
g. Wire framing
h. Defining key user paths
i. Addressing navigation

Visual design & testing

a. Prepare the creative process: developing concepts, designing for the user
b. Confirming flow & functionality
c. Creating templates & design style guide

Production & QA

a. Assessing project type
b. Establishing procedure: expectations, scope
c. Confirm back end integration plan
d. Slicing
e. Creating templates
f. Populating web pages with content
g. Integrating back end development
h. Creating & implementing a QA plan
i. Bug tacking & fixing

Launch & Beyond

a. Proper project documentation
b. Launching the website
c. Registering with search engines
d. Maintaining the website
e. Measuring success

Testing User Interaction

a. Understanding user behavior
b. Understanding usability
c. Carry out a usability test
d. Considering the data
e. Making recommendations

At last optimize the website for search engines, the process known as SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION. The top search engines are responsible for helping more than 85 % of all web users to find exactly what they are looking for. If you want to be one of the websites that is measured when users look for similar products or information, you must make sure that your pages are designed to get the most out of your search engine placement.