How soon will it be ready?
Our web development projects normally take 1.5 – 2 months to deliver. Occasionally they can take 3 months or more for very complex sites or where there are significant delays in obtaining necessary information and content.
We can complete urgent projects within a matter of weeks. This may require our rescheduling other work, require overtime and occasionally hiring subcontractors, so if you have an imminent deadline this must be negotiated prior to project start.
Our goal is to complete your website in the shortest time feasible while maintaining our high quality standards.
What typically delays websites projects?
We’re not going to beat around the bush: website development is a complex undertaking. A website is a vital business asset, and is a mosaic of business strategy, marketing, technology and visual design in the right combination.
Website development is heavily dependent on good communication. Teasing the vision out of your head and into the reality of an effective, user-friendly website is a combination of good communication, technology and occasionally a small amount of mind-reading.
Complex projects with a lot of moving parts always seem to take longer than planned, even when everything goes smoothly. Missed deadlines, misunderstandings, misaligned objectives and technology issues can throw a spanner in the works in implementing a project.
However, with a little planning and good communications most of these issues can be avoided or mitigated. Here are some of the ways that WebsiteDoctor inoculates against these kind of issues.
- Clear, written goals: nothing slows down the project, like having unclear objectives. Having clearly defined written goals will help keep your project moving along the correct path.
- Realistic and well understood deadlines: unrealistic deadlines lead to rushed work, which may need to be redone. Setting appropriate deadlines and taking into account hard requirements like print deadlines and tradeshow dates will help avoid this issue.
- Good communication and timely feedback: input, and direction are essential to the success of the project. You will have a single point of contact and regular communications – at least weekly, sometimes daily. Getting your feedback, suggestions and content (text, images, etc) in a timely manner is crucial to meeting our deadlines.
When do you start?
We are prepared to begin within 7 days of your acceptance of this proposal. Development work will commence on receipt of the agreed deposit, or payment in full. Site goes live on receipt of the outstanding balance. Like any other business, cash flow is crucial to the survival of our company, so you’ll understand that we do not negotiate on this point.
Learn more about Our Development Process
You can find more detail about each stage of our development process here.