Tags for this article: advice, contract, design brief, web design
What do you mean by design brief?
This Design Brief is nothing but a document that is written to describe the features and scopes of a particular project. This Design Brief is jointly developed by both the web designer and the client.
This design brief is not planned to be just a description of the genuine design. In words we can tell that the look and feel is not accurately defined in a particular Design Brief but instead a design brief will outline the objectives and goals of that website and also provides details on how they will be able to meet. Most of the Design Briefs are used in Conjunction along with a contract in order to define the terms of a web design profession.
Why to build a design brief?
This Design Briefs must be the part of that particular planning stage of any big design process. These Design brief are useful for both the client and designer because they provide a roadmap for both of theirs objectives and goals of their site. Designers will know on what to be focused on and also clients will know on what has to be achieved.
Where and when to start building a Design Brief
If you are a freelance web designer, now you will be the instigator of any Design Brief. It is also possible that even client will have lot better ideas of what he wants from their website beyond on “How to Make Money Online” or else “Get More Page Views” but most of the clients do not have so. So it is entirely up to the client’s interviews and also the project planning. So do the client interview in an efficient way.
What the matter should be there in a Design Brief?
All the Design briefs should contain information regarding on what is the project objectives and goals and as well as the deadlines and also the billing or else the contractual issues.
Some of the Site objectives and goals
Overview of the website as a total thing
Descriptions of the objective and goal
Explanation of the objectives and goals and of the project
Website’s audience
An explanation of the typical members they are trying to draw.
Gender
Age
Employment
Interests
Where should be the site particularly is used:
At home over slow connection or high speed connection
At an office
On PDA’s or cell phones
On a CDROM or over a kiosk
Scope of the project
The technology required for the project:
Redesign or full site build?
Development of HTML
Development of Ajax or JavaScript
Development of CSS
ColdFusion, ASP, PHP or any other server related technology
Flash
Ecommerce storefront
Content of both the clients and the designer
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