Web Site Specification
Designing a substantial web presence is time-consuming but essential as the goals, values and intent contained in any web specification provides a mechanism for you to ensure that you don't lose sight of your original priorities as well as focussing your attention on what the ultimate purpose of your online presence is.
Any site specification document should provide a reference point that enables web design agencies to quote against your exact requirements and later in the build process it can be used to settle any disputes that may arise.
Web specification documents define the content scope, the budget available, the timeframe in which the site should be built and the technologies to be used [video format, database technologies, shopping cart, payment gateway, forum functionality, etc]. Along with this document many organisations will also issue a document that maps the structure / site plan or the proposed new site.
When creating any site specification, Metrea ensures that we fully understand why you want to create a new site or radically update an existing site. Other essential considerations will be who are the expected target audience, what they will expect from your site and how you can determine whether your site meets visitor expectations?
As an organisation you will need to determine what budget is available to achieve your goals on the web and how you can measure outcomes. Remember, if you don't set SMART objectives [Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Realistic - Timebound] your site it can never live up to senior management's expectations. No amount of time spent by web designers or programmers will alleviate issues that have arisen by not spending adequate time thinking about your goals and how you intend to achieve them.
Following a comprehensive requirements capture, Metrea can create a web site specification document for use by internal designers & programmers or as a reference document for existing and potential suppliers to quote / tender from.
If you would like more details about our web site specification services, please call us for an informal discussion or complete our enquiry form.
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