Stage by stage
What Happens, and What You Receive
Nothing moves forward until the previous stage has been reviewed and agreed.
01
Discover
Understand the business, audience, constraints and what success needs to look like.
Activities
- Stakeholder interviews and commercial goal setting
- Review of current site, analytics and search visibility
- Audience, competitor and constraint analysis
Deliverables
- Discovery summary
- Baseline measurement snapshot
- Opportunity list
02
Define
Agree priorities, scope and measurement before any design or campaign work begins.
Activities
- Prioritise opportunities against effort and impact
- Agree scope, timeline and success measures
- Set performance, accessibility and SEO requirements
Deliverables
- Scope document
- Project plan
- Measurement framework
03
Design
Structure and interface work that supports the decisions your visitors make.
Activities
- Information architecture and content structure
- Wireframes reviewed before visual design
- Interface design and component definition
Deliverables
- Sitemap and IA
- Wireframes
- Design system and page designs
04
Develop
Build, integrate and test — or configure campaigns and tracking.
Activities
- Front-end build against the agreed component system
- Integrations, CMS configuration and content loading
- Campaign and tracking configuration where relevant
Deliverables
- Staging environment
- QA log
- Tracking implementation
05
Launch
Controlled release with QA, redirects, monitoring and documented handover.
Activities
- Cross-browser, device and accessibility checks
- Redirect mapping, indexation and monitoring setup
- Team walkthrough and documented handover
Deliverables
- Launch checklist
- Documentation
- Handover session
06
Optimize
Review real behaviour and improve continuously against agreed measures.
Activities
- Review real behaviour against the measurement framework
- Prioritise the next round of improvements
- Test, implement and report
Deliverables
- Monthly report
- Prioritised backlog
- Review session