Way back in March 2007 I sat down one evening and wrote an article entitled 10 Questions To Ask Your Prospective Web Designer. It was aimed at helping potential clients who were looking for a website but weren’t sure where to start or what to ask first. My recent post on finding blogging inspiration from old posts gave me the impetus to go back over my first posts.

The ’10 Questions’ post was a great success for me so I have decided to build on it and add another 10 questions that should be considered. So here goes: Read more…

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PoLR employ a simple but effective development process for web application development.

Stage 1: Requirements Gathering
The initial stage is requirements gathering which may involve:

1. Discussion with clients to distinguish between needs and desires
2. Investigation of applicable laws and standards
3. Analysis of existing systems for replacement or integration
4. Interviews with key stakeholders such as management and the employees who will use the system
5. Observation of existing business processes

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