I definitely agree that one method does not work for all clients. For some clients wireframe won't cut it but for the ones that are happy working with wireframe and continue adding more information to it then why stop them. Don't progress to the next stage until there is a slow/stoppage in information gathered from client. Why tell the client: "ok, you have a lot of great ideas but don't tell me about all the fields you want just yet, let me build the HTML prototype and then you tell me". One of the reasons people build sites is to get info from clients. Might as well get them whenever, or as soon as, you can.
But yes, it all depends on your client. Don't force them to do something they are not comfortable with for to long. > Boy this gets everyone talkin! > > I suspect that I agree with JJK on this. I prefer the wireframe part of > the process to include a lot more real functional concepts, and the > ability to gather the functional requirements. Again it depends on the > client, but also on your ability to educate the client in the process. > Some people will be more or less comfortable dealing with functional > concepts, others will have to see the rollovers and the layout before it > clicks. I know it goes against the grain, but I think you have to adapt > the methodology depending on the people involved. Not all the clients I > have worked with are naive when it comes to specifiying requirements. We > always accept however that we cannot know all the requirements when we > start building. This is what happens in most of the software projects I > work with, not just website design, so you have to factor in > requirements change once you start building. I don't think it > necessarily saves time to try and nail of all the functional > requirements with an HTML prototype ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
