#Typical Milestones for a Web-Project
##Pre-Design Phase
###Initial Communication
Before we do any design it's clearly important to define the basis for our decisions. In pre-design meetings it's good to get an idea of what position the product has in the clients company, what its purpose is, what the expectations are etc.
Note: You're not a business-consultancy but a designer/developer, be mindful of the difference
###Research
Whether you have a team working on the project or not, do at least a little bit of research. At this stage all you need to do is gather facts regarding the job, as many as you can.
- The clients industry
- Competitors (Analyse them)
- User behaviour, Look at analytics of current site, do some user-testing on current site.
Note: Although it is very tempting, you're not doing yourself a favour by interpreting facts at this point, try to keep your brain out of this for now and do your conceptual thinking at the next stage
###Concept
Armed with the information from your meetings/emails and your research,
##Design
###Wireframes
Wireframing is essential to having an idea about the intended user-journey
Est. Duration: 2 Weeks
###Initial Designs