Chapter 4. Defining the Project

Key Topics

  • The Creative Brief

  • Needs Assessment

  • The Project Charter

  • The Statement of Work

  • Use-Case Scenarios

  • Wireframe Mockups

  • Content Map

  • Tech Requirements Meeting

  • Application Flow Diagrams

  • Technical Specification

  • Project Risk Assessment

A Web project is a temporary endeavor that employs Internet technologies to achieve a specific objective by creating or enhancing a unique product. To qualify as a project, it must do the following.

  • Produce a unique outcome or deliverable

  • Be finite in duration, having a clearly defined beginning, middle, and end

  • Require work

  • Seek to fulfill a measurable objective

Your Web project may be the result of a corporate initiative originating from within your company or a proposal that has been accepted ...

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