Web Development Worksheet

DEVELOPER:
ORGANIZATION:
DATE:
WEB:

Web Development Worksheet

This document can help you think about a potential or existing web by prompting you for key information. Each section of this document covers the six major web elements (as discussed in <http://www.december.com/present/wdframe.html>). This is a "living" document in the sense that this information will likely change over time. You may also enter the information in this document in any order.

AUDIENCE INFORMATION -- Who will use your web?
- Audience definition:
- Audience cluster diagram:
  
  UNIVERSE = _________________
- Information chart about audience
  
  Characteristics Concerns Activities
  Segment₁
  Segment₂
  Segment₃
  Segment_n
PURPOSE STATEMENT -- What will your web do for your audience?
- Succinct purpose statement:
- User's expected benefit/response:
- Metric for success:
OBJECTIVE STATEMENT -- What features will your web need to accomplish its purpose?
- Specific features that accomplish the purpose:
DOMAIN INFORMATION -- What information do you need to build your web?
- Information necessary
  - For web team
  - For users of web
- How information will be acquired
- How information will be updated and maintained
WEB SPECIFICATION -- What are the time and technology constraints on building your web?
- Work schedule
  
  Task Time₁ Time₂ Time₃ Time₄ Time₅ ...Time_n
  Plan:
  
  Analyze:
  
  Design:
  
  Implement:
  
  Promote:
  
  Innovate:
- Limitations on information
  - Privacy:
  - Security:
  - Legal:
- Limitations on technology
  - Technology Policy: Standard Non-standard
  - HTML: Standard Non-standard
  - Graphics: None Light Moderate Heavy
  - Sound: None Light Moderate Heavy
  - Video: None Light Moderate Heavy
  - Java: None Use existing applets Program applets
  - Other:

WEB PRESENTATION -- How will you build, deliver, and maintain the digital structure that makes up your web?

Skills required

	None	Casual	Intermediate	Advanced
Project Management
Tech Writing
Graphics
Domain Knowledge
HTML
Java
CGI
XML
Database
Operating System
Other Tech
Promotion

Resources

Sound
Images
Image maps
Movie
Text
Forms
Database
Other
Other
Other
Components

HTML Templates
Text Files
File Generation Software
Computer-Aided Web Development
Other
Other
Other
Mockup web
- Look and Feel Diagram (page level):
- Pages and Links Diagram (web level):
- Packages Diagram (systems level):

Copyright © 2001 John December (john@december.com). You can reproduce, use, and distribute unaltered copies of this document for free, as long as the original URL <http://www.december.com/present/webwks.html> and copyright holder is shown.

	Characteristics	Concerns	Activities
Segment₁
Segment₂
Segment₃
Segment_n