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The Frontier Process
Planning and Strategy
At Frontier, we believe that time invested in planning pays huge
dividends in the development process, meaning less aggravation,
improved timelines and fewer surprises. That's why we begin each
project with a series of brainstorming sessions, including key
client stakeholders and development team representatives. Together,
we work to identify project objectives, target audiences, success
factors, desired information elements, and required functionality.
With this information in mind, we brainstorm ways in which to
use the Internet to meet the needs of all key stakeholders. We
use this information to develop a Strategic Development Plan (SDP)
that outlines the detailed specifications for the project. The
SDP confirms our understanding of each project and serves as a
blue print for both the client and Frontier teams. In addition
to defining the project scope, the SDP contains a clear site architecture,
critical path, content requirements document and formal production
estimate for site development.
With this document in hand, our team moves forward with one of
our experienced project managers at the helm, maintaining contact,
monitoring budgets and timelines, and coordinating resources to
insure that the project is delivered in a way that fully satisfies
the project objectives as outlined in the SDP. We employ a number
of strategies in managing long-term and complex projects with
multiple stakeholders including regular client meetings and written
reports to ensure that stakeholders are fully informed of project
milestones and progress and the creation of client extranets that
allow for the monitoring of progress throughout the development
process. Changes made along the way are carefully monitored and
tracked through the use of change request forms, insuring that
we all remain on the same page throughout development.
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