| Studio Asterisk* structures its client relationships for timely Delivery and consistent success. Our proven project management methodology incorporates these elements: |
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| Web |
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| Communications |
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| Discovery |  |
Key Strategic phase for planning and scope. |
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Immersion - domain knowledge transfer, initial architecture (functional, creative, technology) review. Competitive analysis. Initiate user interviews.
Delivery - briefs and requirements confirmations. User interviews findings. |
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Immersion - domain knowledge transfer, initial architecture (functional, creative, content, technology) review. Initiate user interviews.
Delivery - Briefs and Requirements confirmations. User interviews findings. |
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Immersion in content space, domain messages review, media evaluation and provider assessment. Initiate target audience interviews.
Delivery - briefs and requirements confirmations. |
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| Functionality | |
Information Architecture, functionality analysis and development. |
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Continue user interviews. Create cognitive and mental maps, workflows, interaction models. Application and screen architecture. Functionality grouping. Initiate usability testing and evaluation.
Delivery - wireframe UI models and hierarchy. Paper and interactive prototypes. |
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Viewer evaluation, cognitive and mental maps, workflows and functionality, screen link architecture. Content organization, mapping.
Delivery - wireframe models and navigation. Content plan. |
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Key messages, content development, viewer response testing, presentation drafts.
Delivery - content and storyboard drafts. |
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| Visual Design | |
Visual concepts and graphical design production. |
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Conceptual design directions, visual elements, images, controls and navigation, color schemas and icon treatments.
Merge functional schematics with visual treatments. Continue user testing.
Delivery - defined visual direction, visual production of individual screens. |
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Conceptual design directions, visual elements, images, controls and navigation, color schemas and icon treatments.
Visual production of key web templates. Continue user testing.
Delivery - defined visual direction, visual design of web templates. |
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Conceptual design directions, visual elements, images, layout color schemas and graphics treatments.
Delivery - defined visual direction, production design of media (paper, digital). |
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| Development | |
Design expression Delivery in presentation layer code. |
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Presentation layer development, prototype for engineering evaluation testing/debugging, style guide development.
Delivery - design prototype, HTML-based templates, CSS, etc. (if browser-based app.), high-fidelity demo/prototypes (if desktop app.), finished product style guide. |
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Presentation layer development, HTML prototype for engineering review testing/debugging, style guide.
Delivery - finished HTML/Flash-based product, web site. Finished product/web site style guide. |
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Presentation development, media prototype for review testing, debugging.
Delivery - finished design product to provider for production. Finished product delivery. |
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| Implementation | |
Implementation support and reviews. |
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Post project implementation support if needed.
Design reviews of full production applications to confirm design compliance.
Additional usability testing if necessary. |
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Post project implementation support if needed. Design reviews to confirm design compliance.
Web maintenance and update support. |
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Post project add-on support if needed.
Media content extension and update support. |
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