Getting To Know You
Our Design Process In 6 Simple Steps
While every project is different, we’ve found the following process to be effective and depending on the scope of your project, we’ll employ some or all of these steps throughout, as necessary.
- 1. Discovery
Discovering Your Business & Needs
- Discuss the entire project with the client based on the initial proposal and agreement.
- Formulate a detailed idea of the goals and business objectives of the client.
- Research the competitive landscape.
- Research the target audience, market & landscape.
- Respond to all questions the team has, post initial analysis.
- Collect the client’s design and branding preferences & objectives.
- 2. Planning
Planning For Success
- Discuss creation of all relevant content and graphic assets for the project.
- Gather confirmation and approval from the client on the documents and materials.
- Define the project plan & scope.
- Define the client project lead contact point.
- Define the out of scope approval process & steps.
- Define the design and branding guidelines of the project.
- 3. Design
Designing Project Structure
- Reference approved discovery and planning guidelines to design elements.
- Establish content and asset sharing structure.
- Design initial layout of specific common page elements.
- Develop navigation structure and cross-linking/deep-linking strategy.
- Design Mobile, Tablet and Desktop layout elements.
- Gain stakeholder approval to proceed to the development phase.
- 4. Development
Developing Your Vision
- Finalize frontend, backend, web services, and user access dashboards.
- Optimize code structure and update methodology.
- Design User data input templates and themes.
- Factor scalability and 3rd party plugin integration.
- To set up a 2-3 week frequency for milestones & project scope review.
- Meet all deadlines and milestones.
- 5. Testing
Testing For Final Approval
- Test each page and component individually and the project collectively.
- Test all visitor login procedures and adjust as necessary.
- Test all client content input templates, themes & procedures.
- Test all Mobile, Tablet and Desktop views on multiple actual devices.
- Report and assess all bugs, adjusting the final launch schedule as necessary.
- Resolve all bugs, and send the pre-launch demo to the stakeholders for final approval.
- 6. Maintenance
Maintaining Optimal Performance
- Website hosting and performance tuning.
- Regular Security Audits & Traffic Monitoring.
- Project backups, access and storage.
- Regular system and software updates based on new software/version release.
- Continuous testing and adjustments as necessary due to component updates.
- Regular content updates or additions according to the client needs.
Discovering Your Business & Needs
- Discuss the entire project with the client based on the initial proposal and agreement.
- Formulate a detailed idea of the goals and business objectives of the client.
- Research the competitive landscape.
- Research the target audience, market & landscape.
- Respond to all questions the team has, post initial analysis.
- Collect the client’s design and branding preferences & objectives.
Planning For Success
- Discuss creation of all relevant content and graphic assets for the project.
- Gather confirmation and approval from the client on the documents and materials.
- Define the project plan & scope.
- Define the client project lead contact point.
- Define the out of scope approval process & steps.
- Define the design and branding guidelines of the project.
Designing Project Structure
- Reference approved discovery and planning guidelines to design elements.
- Establish content and asset sharing structure.
- Design initial layout of specific common page elements.
- Develop navigation structure and cross-linking/deep-linking strategy.
- Design Mobile, Tablet and Desktop layout elements.
- Gain stakeholder approval to proceed to the development phase.
Developing Your Vision
- Finalize frontend, backend, web services, and user access dashboards.
- Optimize code structure and update methodology.
- Design User data input templates and themes.
- Factor scalability and 3rd party plugin integration.
- To set up a 2-3 week frequency for milestones & project scope review.
- Meet all deadlines and milestones.
Testing For Final Approval
- Test each page and component individually and the project collectively.
- Test all visitor login procedures and adjust as necessary.
- Test all client content input templates, themes & procedures.
- Test all Mobile, Tablet and Desktop views on multiple actual devices.
- Report and assess all bugs, adjusting the final launch schedule as necessary.
- Resolve all bugs, and send the pre-launch demo to the stakeholders for final approval.
Maintaining Optimal Performance
- Website hosting and performance tuning.
- Regular Security Audits & Traffic Monitoring.
- Project backups, access and storage.
- Regular system and software updates based on new software/version release.
- Continuous testing and adjustments as necessary due to component updates.
- Regular content updates or additions according to the client needs.
Communication Your Way Meetings At Your Fingertips
At Berry Web Designs, we believe communication is critical to the success of the development and maintenance of your project. We’ve had a lot of experiences over the years with many different meeting, conferencing and video platforms. Here are just a few of the many options available, though you are free to choose your own. We’ll meet you there!


Powerful & Convenient

Berry Web Designs aims to deliver excellence at every stage of project design, development and service and finish on time with top level efficiency and dedication. Here are some of the industry standard application suites we use daily.


