Web Site Specification

The most important steps in developing a web site are the first steps that you take.

It is vitally important to have a vision backed up by a plan of what you want your web site to achieve and what is required to make this happen. The internet plays an increasingly important role in business and web sites are seen by many as vital tools for communication and sales.

There are web sites performing almost every function that you can imagine and most web developers will say that they can build anything that it needed.

This is great but it also represents the greatest challenges of the Internet.

• What is the right approach to the web for your company?
• How will this be achieved?
• What will it look like?
• How will it operate in detail?
• What supporting actions need to be taken?
• What value will the site generate?
• How much do investment is needed?
• What are the running costs?     

The answers to these questions need to be expanded into a project plan for the web site and a specification for the web site development.

The essence of the web is diversity and individuality but many web sites can be broadly divided into a number of categories as a guide. Clearly business will not all fit into this mould but may be useful to consider where a proposed development could fit.