How does all this apply to web design?
The top-level questions that must be answered before building your web site include:
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What are the goals (short-term and long-term) of the site? |
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What is the target audience? |
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How will you measure whether your site is successful? |
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Once built, how will you advertise, monitor and grow your site? |
Lower-level planning should include:
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What web technology will be used in your site? |
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What browsers (and versions) will your site support? |
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What communication speed will your site require? |
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How will you build your site? What tools will you use? |
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How will you create the content (text and graphics) for your site? |
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What is the theme of your site? |
Web design is especially suited for a prototyping methodology because:
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It's easy to put a prototype together |
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It's a visual medium... hard sometimes to grasp without seeing it |
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Need to learn the technology to know what is possible and how expensive it will be to build |
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