Design Process

ALJ Web Design follows industry standard methodology to ensure quality and on time delivery of your products. The following is an outline of the web development process we maintain.

Development Process Overview:
At AWD we follow six steps in developing the dream web solution for you:

Discovery:
Recognizing the target audience and defining the true purpose of the web site to ensure client return on investment. By the end of this phase both AWD and client should also possess a clear understanding of the scope of the project. What features and functionlaities the final solution should possess etc..

Exploration:
Creating design prototype. This design usually reflects color themes, imagery, typography; and idea about the site structure and navigation. The design also illustrates a good idea about the site map, which is basically a high-level diagram of the overall structure of a site.

Elaboration:
Enhancing the navigation, layout, and flow of the selected design according to client inputs and usability testing performed by our own specialists. During this phase the design is refined, detailed, and informally tested. Aspects such as the precise typeface of labels and body text, the exact sizes and appearances of images, and color schemes and palettes are determined. In most cases every single page of the site is not designed, they are splitted into classes of page (such as home page, second level page, etc).

Development:
Developing the full web solution, complete with code, contents and images in our local server. Entire codes, graphics, database (if any) and HTML are thoroughly tested, both individually and as whole unit to ensure the web site is working flawlessly and it loads at optimum speed. All the content is checked for spelling and grammatical mistakes.

Bug and usability testing:
Testing the system in a production environment and check if all the functionalities are working as they should. Testing for user friendliness. Client involvement is most intense in this phase, constantly providing input until all the features match his/her expectations.

Deployment:
Implementing the web site in the client hosting server and configuring it.

Client Interaction:
AWD prides itself for its extreme and effective client support and client interaction. As soon as we start the development process, we provide you with a development site-address,where you can view your solution any time and follow the progress of your solution.

You can review and give input based on your evaluation from the live testing area. AWD will then take the necessary actions and post the updates for you to check. The system is super easy to use and you can follow up everything in one place. No need to send e-mails back and forth or keep track of hundreds of emails.

Support, Maintenance And Evaluation:
Supporting the existing site, as well as maintenance. Maintenance includes such things as adding new content, making small usability improvements, fixing simple bugs, answering customer email, checking that all links point to valid pages, and making backups of the entire web site. By evaluation, we mean collecting statistics on how the web site is used, analyzing and summarizing the stats collected. Statistics measure the overall health of a web site. Without stats, it is impossible to tell which aspects of a web site are working and which are not. AWD can provide Maintenance and Evaluation services on hourly payment basis.

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