Steps of a redesign

Overview
Goals
Time estimate and team
Content review
Site structure and navigation
Finalize timeline and content
Visual design development
Production and proofing
Launch and maintenance

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Overview: step-by-step guide to a web site redesign

1. Establish goals for the site

• Conduct a competitive analysis
• Identify audiences
• Conduct surveys and interviews
• Identify site goals
• Identify design specifications
• Get approval

2. Create time estimates and define team members

• Key factors in creating your timeline
• Key players on your development team
• Generic project timeline

3. Review current content, plan for development

• Content review, delivery plan, and timeline
• Web-writing guidelines
• Consistency check

4. Set up site structure and navigation

• Organize content and create sitemap
• Determine navigation
• Conduct user-testing and make revisions
• Get sign-off and approval

5. Finalize the timeline and content

• Tips for staying on schedule
• Department print publications

6. Begin visual design development

• Design goals and specs (based on analysis, survey, and focus-group testing)
• Homepage, template, and feature development
• User-testing
• Approval
• Design freeze

7. Production and proofing

• Workflow examples
• Challenges and solutions
• Checklist

8. Launch, tracking, maintenance, and
phase 2

• Launch timing and publicity
• Feedback and site statistics
• Updating content
• Prioritizing Phase 2 ideas

 

 

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