Step#1: Research & Planning
Step#2: Design
Step#3: Production
Step#4: Testing
Step#5: Launch & Maintenance
Project Management

Step #1: Research & Planning
A member of our team will interview you to learn about your business and website requirements. In this comprehensive interview, a Creative Brief will be developed as you define your target audience, your website's message, and your creative guidelines. Your suggestions and comments during this discussion will shape the overall flow of your new website.

Once we have all the facts, we can begin the process of creating an original, functional and client-driven solution tailored to your unique needs. Our recommendations will usually then be presented in the context of a proposal for services delineating the specific phases of the project, deliverables, and project costs.

Step#2: Design
Following the preliminary 'research and planning' phase in which your design requirements and project parameters are clearly established, we will create an integrated design for your website complimented by an intuitive navigation system. Depending on your needs, page design and style will either be developed from scratch or co-ordinated with existing logos, photos, and promotional materials. If you already have a well established corporate identity, elements including colour, font, and layout specifications can be used to guide the design process.

Two design comps (limited prototypes) will be prepared for your review and selection.

Step #3: Production
Once the design and content of your site are determined, our production and programming team will transform the plan into working code. At Mira Interactive, we successfully combine a flair for design with knowledge of the industry's best Internet technologies - Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, HTML, Macromedia Flash, Fireworks, JavaScript, database and e-commerce programming are all part of our web development toolbox.

As much an art as a science, the underlying code is every bit as important as the marketing, graphic design and strategic thinking in a web project. We place as much importance on scalability, reliability and performance as we do on creating a user-friendly and attractive end-product.

Step #4: Testing
When production of your site is completed, it will need to be tested. At this point a Beta Build site will be created for viewing and evaluation. Every element of your site will be tested on a wide variety of browsers and platforms at varying connection speeds to ensure maximum functionality.

Step #5: Launch & Maintenance
Once testing has been completed, your project will be ready to launch. We will ask you to have a final review of your site and sign-off on its completion. An effective launch strategy will be developed and your site will officially go "live". At this stage, and depending on your project needs, a plan for ongoing maintenance can be provided.

Project Management
Effective leadership throughout the web-development process outlined above will enable us to effectively meet your project goals on budget and on time. Close consultation, appropriate planning, and an understanding of key dates and deliverables means you will always know how your site is progressing.