Project Timeline

The College of Charleston web development project will take several months to complete. An overview of the process is outlined below.  When the detailed timeline is created, it will be posted to this website.

1. Strategy Development
   • Onsite visits (March 11 and 12, 2008)
   • Interview and research
   • Documentation overview
   • Report outline
   • Strategy Report
   • Preliminary information architecture
   • Preliminary wireframes for key landing pages
   •  Creative brief
   • Technical specifications checklist
   • Results analysis
   • Detailed timeline
   • Strategy presentation (June 2 at 10:00 am in Wachovia Auditorium)
2. Creative Production / Technical Implementation
   • Editorial:
     • Content development
     • Editorial standards
   • Design:
     • Information architecture
     • Wireframes
     • Design
     • Usability
   • Design Suite Presentation (October 8 in Admissions Auditorium)
   • Technical
     • Interactive features
     • Workflow
     • Calendar / RSS
3. Buildout
   • HTML development
   • CMS implementation
   • Search implementation
   • Migration (March - July 2009)
   • Beta testing
   • Quality assurance testing
   • Pre-launch walk through
   • Launch (August 2009)
     
     
4. Training and Next Steps
   • Training
   • Documentation
   • Transfer of assets
   • Next steps planning