We work closely with our clients to design and develop projects.

Before beginning a project, we will put together a detailed project schedule outlining specific deliverables & dates of delivery from CWS to you, as well as time frames for your feedback and approvals for each stage of the project. Each project phase affects the subsequent phases and depends upon the specific deliverables & project milestones through which the project will progress. Client approvals are required for each stage of the project.

Most CWS projects have 5 major stages:

Planning During the planning stage, we spend time getting to know you and your business or organization. We may ask you to provide copies of your current marketing materials & we will ask you a lot of questions. During this stage, we may assess your: Overall Business Strategy, Marketing Objectives, Target Audience, Competition, Project & Design Preferences, Ideas, and more.

Concept & Design After we have gathered the information, goals, and objectives needed for the project, we begin to conceptualize the design & to develop the overall structure for the project. During this stage, CWS may submit to you for your feedback & approval: Design Concept & Mockup(s), Project Description/Map, a detailed functionality outline, and, if CWS is writing or editing content for the project, a complete list of the pages to be written or edited. We will ensure that the overall design suits the functionality required for the project.

Production After your approval of the design concept and overall project structure, we begin to build your project. The Production Phase is often the longest phase of the project process. We build out all pages/screens and propagate with content and graphics, we code & develop all technical requirements (database, e-commerce functionality, etc), we also create the “bells and whistles” for the project (flash elements, dynamic drop down menus, etc.).

Testing & Quality Assurance Testing, testing, testing. Once the project has been built it will be tested by CWS. We then turn it over to you to review and test. Revisions, if needed, are made to the project based on testing and feedback.

Project Completion/Deployment Once we receive your final approval, your project is ready to “go live”! Upon your final approval, depending on the type of project, CWS may: upload your web files to your live web server & submit the site to search engines (web project), submit to you the final files in printer ready format (print project), or submit to you the final files on CD Rom, DVD, or Video (CD, DVD, or Video Project).

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