Was just reading through Jeremiah Owyang’s post on Web Design Workflow and Process Comparison. A very interesting read that as an amateur web designer myself would appreciate.
When web design takes on different types of projects, the development process likes to change. Mainly because if you are doing a consulting job you must get stages approved by the client. Otherwise, projects personal or lower-end can be created full through depending on the designer’s own preference.
I prefer this approach:
1. Analyze the situation
2. Develop a timeline
3. Design
4. Re-Analyze
5. Produce
Of course this is also subject to designer preference. During the analyze stage, developing an overall strategy could well save plenty of time and headache in the future. I know from experience. I took on a project and did not take the time to analyze and form a type of strategy. I immediately jumped into designing and producing it. Bad idea. I’m am still trying to tweak it and get the bugs out that I did not plan for. Definitely worth a look-see.
That seems like a good process, thanks for sharing.