Design Document Items from CMairsCreate.com
• Design Document – Who am I designing for? Who is my user?
• Things to include:
o Once the questionnaire is completed, use this as a base to create a design document
o Defines more specifics for the following:
§ Purpose and Audience
• Very important to define the purpose of the website
o Why is this site needed?
To display Lego creations
o What do we want to accomplish with the site?
Display Lego creations
• Once purpose is established, you must define the audience
o Age, occupation, sex, education, race & computer literacy
All ages, hobby, male/female/other, any, any and any level of computer literacy
o All these factors affect the technology you can use, the look & feel of the site, and the tasks the users will do on the site
• Once audience is established, you must define the tasks users will be doing on your site
o List tasks that users will specifically be able to do
View images of Lego creations
View Lego sets
View Lego catalogue
Link to official Lego website and Lego simulator
§ Use these tasks to help set up usability testing later
§ Make sure users can easily accomplish these tasks
§ Web Page Content
• What content is needed to fulfil the project scope, site goals, and audience needs on the site?
• What technologies will be used?
Flash
Fireworks
Dreamweaver
CSS
HTML
• Who will create graphics, flash, etc.?
Us
• Who will create text?
Us
• Who is ultimately responsible for approving all content?
Our client
o Someone must ultimately be solely responsible for all content
o This same person is responsible for the rest of the team providing content in a timely manner
• Sequence of content creation
o What content is needed & in what order
o Do not want anyone waiting on content so the site does not move forward