Web design process template: the stages an agency repeats

What goes in a web design process template?

A web design process template holds the stages in order, one owner for each, the file each stage makes and the sign that the stage is done. Add a short header for the client's name, the start date, the contacts and a link to the shared folder.

Your client doesn't need to see every row. For the stages as the client sees them, see the web design process, stage by stage.

Each stage also has small tasks under it. For the tick list for each phase, see the website project management checklist.

How do you write a web design agency process down?

Start from a build that went well and write down what happened, in order. Then shape that list into stages you can repeat.

1. Pick a recent client build that went well, and list each thing that happened, in order.
2. Group the list into stages, and give each stage a plain name.
3. Give each stage one owner. Name the role, such as designer or developer, so the template still works when people change.
4. For each stage, name the file it makes and the folder where it's saved.
5. Add the client's part: what you need from them, and the yes that closes the stage.
6. Run the next build from the template, then fix the rows that didn't fit.

Keep the template in one shared place, with the date of the last change at the top. When a stage changes, change the template too, so the next build starts from the newest copy.

The template sets the order. The work inside each stage is a process of its own. For the production stages inside the team, see the website development process.