AzureSites – Development Processes

Website development is an extremely complex process, consisting of several stages that require the specialist abilities of many qualified experts. The web design process can involve up to 10 people. Therefore, we have put systems into place to streamline the processes and manage our staff effectively. We divide the development processes into the following stages:

1. Pre-Project stage
Before we begin development we need to know you better. So the first step in the process is to consult with you and find out what you need. This allows us to find out more about your business and what your goals and visions are. Information gathered during this process includes:
  • Obtaining information to help formulate a plan of action
  • Your business goals and objectives
  • Understanding your target market
  • Researching your competitor’s sites
  • Preliminary website architecture
  • Technical Requirements to the design
  • Setting up our work-group formation
  • Drawing up the schedule of work

2.Implementation
The goal of the second stage is to develop requirement specifications and to create a sample mockup using information gathered during the previous step. This step involves:
  • Developing the website architecture
  • Developing usability
  • Pre-design of homepage and layout for the website
3.Development
The next stage is where we gather information for the purpose of building the graphical and technical specification. We convert the designs and information into web based components. This involves:
  • Creating HTML and / or Flash design
  • Integration with CMS
  • Building the applications
  • Developing the database
4.Testing and launch
We ensure the following has been completed before the website is launched.
  • Adding graphical and textual content to the site
  • Checking the website to ensure quality is achieved
  • Testing for browser compatibility
  • Debugging of the website
  • Consultations on using CMS and others
5. Promotion
This stage is very important but not obligatory and is paid for separately. In recent times it has become important to offer more than just the development of high-quality sites with convenient structure and navigation. It is extremely important that you get high volumes of traffic to your new site. This is possible by carrying out promotion of a site in search systems and catalogues, and also advertising on the Internet. Our promotion services include Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay-Per-Click management (PPC) and other marketing efforts.