Website Specification
A website specification is a document that articulates a web project’s goals, objectives, requirements (i.e., functional, interface, and design requirements), constraints (customer, demographic, technology, etc.) and rationale. The document should have sufficient detail so that designers can work to meet all requirements and testers can confirm that they all have been satisfied.
Website Specification/Analysis Form
Project Title:
Student Name:
Date:
Summary Description (Brief no more than 1-2 focused sentences)
Who is the customer? (Provide a
ief description
ackground even if you are the customer.)
Why does the customer need this website? What are the customer’s needs? Create a bulleted list.
What outcomes (i.e., more users) does the customer want to achieve? (must list at least 2)
Are these outcomes measurable and how would you go about tracking them? If not measurable, discuss why needed?
Are there problems with the existing site? What are the key drivers for the site and/or changes?
What websites and/or aspects of websites do you want to include and why? (provide a description and rationale)
What websites and/or aspects of websites do you not like, do not want included, and why? (provide a description and rationale)
What are the major areas of the website? Briefly describe each content area as to its purpose, etc. (i.e. Home, Contact, About, etc.)
Who is/are the intended user(s)?
Describe each group of user (age range, education level, economic level if applicable, etc.).
Based on the intended users, what is the content reading level (complexity of text) for the site and or sections/areas if it changes per area?
Discuss why you support the chosen reading level (https:
www.webfx.com/tools
ead-able/)
Where do you intend to get the content for the site from? List image, text, audio, sources with URLs, etc.
What are the technical specifications/constraints? Use of video, audio, special effects, menus, layouts, fonts, etc.
Conclusion Timeline Estimate –
Can you realistically accomplish everything desired in one semester? If yes, state your plan and steps?
If not, state which features, etc. will be in this Phase I submission with plan and steps and which will be for a later Phase.
Doing the above analysis is common in industry and in significantly more depth and detail. Describe in a coherent paragraph how the above analysis impacted your perception of what it takes to build a commercial web site.
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