Design Phase Summary

16 September 2014

Professor Aref

South University

Phases of the corporate Website project

The project for the website developing for the Offex Limited will be completed in the six phases that are listed below and also shown in the diagram below. These steps have different purposes and tasks to perform to go to the completion of the project.

1. Information Gathering

2. Planning

3. Design

4. Development

5. Testing and Delivery

6. Maintenance

Information Gathering

In this phase of the project the information related to the requirements of the company will be gathered. We will collect the information about the purpose of the company for developing this website and also then decide what kind of information will be added to the website and how it what type of website it will be. Mean it will be only readable website or it will be an interactive website where the customers can give their feedback or can interact with the company.

Planning

The planning phase will involve the tasks about the deciding on the ways through the website will be developed and designed. This phase will include the planning for the other phases of the project. All the other phases will be completed according to the plan that will be formed in this phase.

Design

This phase will be very important. In this phase a conceptual design and sketch of the website will developed. This phase will decide the contents of the website. The visuals and interface of the website will also be decided in this phase. The design will follow all the requirements of the company that were decided in the above steps so that the main purpose of the project.

Development

This is the phase in which the practical website will be developed according to the conceptual design developed in the previous stage. This is the most important phase of the project as the all the concepts information and design was for this phase and all the previous work will be practically implement in this phase. In this phase the work will be divided with the technicians and the web developers in order to complete the project in time and with perfection. Once the website has been developed according to the design and the requirements of the company that are developed before, the security for the website will be then arranged so that the information on the website can be made secure.

Testing and delivery

In this phase there are two main tasks to perform. The website that was developed in the above phase will be tested in this phase. The test will check that the website will meet all the requirements and serves all the purposes that the company wants this website to meet. If all the requirements and purposes are not met according to the expectations then the website will be improved by redesigning and redeveloping the website. Once the website meets the requirements and the purposes then this will be handed over to the client and will be implemented and launched.

Maintenance

Once the website is developed and launched, it required updating and maintenance. This is the last phase of the project but it is the continuous phase as the maintenance and the updating of the will continue throughout the life of the project. This is because the information on the website will change and the company may introduce new offers that will be needed to be conveyed to the customers and also there will be changes in the security requirements.

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References:

1. Peter Nathan, Gerald Everett Jones (2003). PMP certification for dummies. p.63.