HTML All The Things - Web Development, AI, and Developer Careers Gathering Project Scope & Requirements
Nov 7, 2018
01:22:35
Getting details from your customers can be a challenging experience, but it is vital so that you can deliver a complete produce on time.
Segment 1 - The Contact
- There are a lot of way that customers can contact you
- Some clients want to be hands-on, some want to hand over everything to you - the professional, and others get right to the point
- Despite how many details these customers give you, every project has a unique spin on it, even if it seems run of the mill, this makes it vital that your communication is on point
- Sometimes you need to resist customers requests/demands in order to deliver a complete and quality product (ie refusing to move forward on a project that hasn't had enough details communicated to begin accurately)
Segment 2 - Gather Project Requirements
- Before sending the first quote we need to know what the client needs us to do
- Ensure that you ask the right questions to get all the information you need, clients generally don't know how many details you need
When we work on a small business site some of the sample questions we might ask include:
- How do your current clients find you?
- If you have a site currently, what are some things you like about it, what are the things you really don't like
- What is the intention with the new site, generate leads? Just a digital business card/a way to for people to find your phone number?
- Who are your biggest competitors? And which of their sites do you like the most?
- Do you have a database of products you want displayed on the site?
- Do you want to be able to edit the main components of the site yourself?
- How important is the google rank to you?
- Do you see your website expanding in some way? Becoming a web app? Or growing a lot? Having a team of editors?
- Generally you should gather details over a personal meeting or screen share
- After gathering the details you can start creating the basis of the project including details on time to completion and what will be required
- This is a major component in your quote for a client
Segment 3 - Changing Project Requirements
- Changes can suddenly happen, even in the middle of a project
- They can be brought on by customer preferences, market conditions, or company-wide strategy changes of some sort
- When a project requirement changes, especially when it drastically changes from the original vision, it often falls to you as the creator to make the appropriate changes
- It’s important to have a layout of what you’re willing to do with a client before you begin any work and to have a similar layout for what you're willing to do about changes that arise
Web News - What do yo want from a phone/Android launcher?
- We all have different needs and wants from our mobile devices, they’re an extension of us and the main way the people communicate with one another these days
- With that being said, they’re still mobile computers and can be used for a wide variety of tasks from working on the go, taking photos, chatting with friends, and much more.
- With different use cases comes a variety of user preferences in terms of hardware and software
- Are you a fan of Android fragmentation, or is there too much variation?
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