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Web Development
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Overview |
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Developing any applicable back-end programs to
facilitate user interaction with the company and
offerings on a highly functional level to allow
any kind of online transactions and a completely
centralized information collection and access
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Application Development
Details |
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Most web and application development companies take
what the client asks them to do and write a document
about it, get a signoff from the client on the
application development specifications and then
disappear for a few months to develop the site.
Aside from some visual design sketches for design
direction, the client is left powerless over the
direction the site and application development.
At NJDS we
understand that the client learns more and more
about the Internet as a whole, application
development specifically and the overall
possibilities during the course of the project. So
we let the client decide how involved the company
wants to be, and how much the company wants to learn
through every step of the application development
process.
Instead of building a large, closed system that will
take a year to complete and may be outdated by the
time we launch-we build "Modules" that we "phase
in," which allows us (with the clients help) to
gauge response to partial site deliveries, beta test
ahead of launch, and respond very quickly and
efficiently to market and industry changes and
trends.
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Our
Guiding Principles of Engagement
I. We build
everything in a modular fashion to minimize the
costs in money and time of adapting to changing
conditions and to allow easy integration with other
elements and future additions of new functionality
to avoid overhauling everything each time.
II. Our
integrated project team works closely with client
contacts to show progress every step of the way to
ensure that what is being built is exactly what is
needed (it is easier to accommodate incremental
changes during development rather than building a
closed system based on initial specifications).
III. We are
responsible for quality and continually test our
assumptions, designs, and code.
IV. Our team is
required to spend 10-15% of their day learning and
evaluating new technologies and solutions to
integrate into our future development.
Before undertaking any actual development work on a
site we first go through a standard set of
procedures to ensure that the final product will not
just be a technical and visual masterpiece - but
that it will also fulfill the vision, needs, and
desires of our client.
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Here is an outline of some of those procedures.
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We do
extensive research into the client's competition and
ascertain a precise definition of the desired target
audience, user expectations, level of internet
experience, and their technical (hardware/software)
capabilities.
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After
that we hold several internal meetings at
NJDS to discuss
different approaches and possibilities and analyze
in detail which of our ideas would benefit the
client the most based on the above outlined
information-gathering steps.
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At this
stage we inform the client about the most
appropriate and beneficial options we can offer
based on the objectives. After in-depth discussions
and Q&A, the client has a deep understanding of the
possibilities. Armed with this knowledge, the client
can adequately access and utilize our high level
Internet skills.
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At that
point in time we start putting together a
specification document that outlines the elements
involved, describes the "modules" and "phases", a
budget and outlines delivery milestones and
deadlines.
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The
specifications are shown to the client for approval
and discussion, and refinement if necessary. Once
the specs are approved, the budget is finalized and
signed by the client, and a Purchase Order is
issued.
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