Production Cycle Objectives:  Identifying key phases for building up website  Understanding the major goals and activities of each production process,  Defining key roles and outputs for each stage of a project

Planning Production Testing Publishing Evaluation Introduction Time: 1/3 Requirement Specifications; goals, audience... Contracts Design(prototyping) Roles Time: 1/6 Develop specifications- file naming Structure ; vertical pass, horizontal pass… Coding Alpha Testing Time: 1/4 for component Testing, 1/4 for system-wide Testing Test the system based on the specifications Revisions Beta Testing Validation To launch the project Performance monitoring To evaluate the process Documentation

Planning  Good Planning?  Achievable timelines  Clearly defined workflow  Clear roles and responsibilities  Decision-making framework

Project Manager : Role of PM Have budgets, resources and schedules approved Bring the production team together Draw up contracts or similar arrangements with the people involved in the production Understand the scope of the project and what is required Make some initial designs

 Stakeholder meeting: Proposal / concept brief / response to tender Budget or project resources approved  Team Meeting: Roles, Responsibilities Where are the workspaces – Physical and virtual Types of files that will be produced File naming conventions Standards for production, documentation and access Guidelines for production of content Develop a list of what will be produced Planning - what do we do?

 Information Architecture Process: Goals Audience scenarios Content and functions Metaphors Flowcharts Layouts Planning - what do we do?

Requirement Specifications/Design DocumentsRequirement Specifications Flowcharts:Storyboard Layout Grids Planning - output

Production  To consider all the structure of pages vertical/horizontal pass depth of each page navigation  HTML/graphics/scripts/etc -- Production and integration  Usability /Component Testing (alpha testing )

Testing should be based on specifications. –Whether to conform certain standards and functions To test performance Testing is cyclical. To revise and bugs. Validation Beta Testing Testing

Publish To monitor performance of your system To prepare a maintenance guide To conduct training for the users/operators

Evaluation To check up documentation Thank-you letters

Requirement Specifications  Description of project/product  Including ideas and issues raised through concept briefs, preliminary meetings, information architecture process, mockup sketches, flowcharts, requirements, market research, etc.  Basis of the contractual agreement between client and developer

Contracts  Agreement between the funder /client and production team Fee Position What happens if there are additional fees and costs Tasks Performance indicators Reporting Schedule (timeline) Signatures Responsibilities Maintenance Source code document Ownership