The Website Development Process

Matt Weston, 14 Dec

step 3 of the website development processA slightly gratuitous link, but this — a sequence of photos of Lego-like figures acting out the website development process — is beautiful work, beautifully staged. The frame pictured left is Step 3: Wireframe. Any similarities between these figures and your own clients/ designers/ programmers are purely the product of your own troubled imagination. Tom Peters once wrote that we view design as merely a “finishing-off process”. We shouldn’t.

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Rachel Collinson says:
Have you noticed how there’s one CRUCIAL character missing?
The user.
Yes, I mean that, actually get the people who’re going to be using the site and involve them in the design process. Often this happens in the form of usability tests, but most usually (as we see here) it’s neglected altogether, to the detriment of the entire web.
Shame, cos I like lego enactments (Brick Testament, anybody?)
by Rachel Collinson on 12 Jan

Nancy Duin says:
Not only is the user missing but also the web editor - the person who acts as the ‘user advocate’ to make sure that all content performs as it should - in terms of actual language (spelling, grammar, organisation) and information architecture/navigation. These are really not part of the designer’s remit, and most clients need help with some or all of these tasks. As book publishers have been aware for decades, the hands-on web editor provides the added value that makes a website stand out from the crowd *and* makes sure that it works as intended (or even better).
by Nancy Duin on 23 Jan