Our Process: From Discovery to Deployment. Built for GovCon Success.
Our Process: From Discovery to Deployment. Built for GovCon Success.
We take care of everything — from strategy and design, to development, deployment, and ongoing maintenance. Our streamlined process ensures you get a high-performance, secure, and future-proof website with zero hassle.
The Start
Before we decide to work together, we'll have initial conversations about your goals, challenges, and the overall vision for your website or web app. This helps us understand what you need and whether we're the right fit to build your platform.
Here are some key questions you should be prepared to answer:
- What are you looking to have built?
- What is the purpose of this platform?
- What functionality does this platform require?
- When does this platform need to be completed by?
We'll ask more questions to refine your idea before our initial meetings.
Once we determine we're a great match, we'll send over contracts (and sign any required by you). After that, we move into Discovery.
Discovery
In the Discovery phase, we dive deeper into your project, conduct research, and determine the best technologies and services to use. This allows us to create a strategic roadmap that will guide the entire project.
These decisions impact everything—from the design structure to the platform's architecture and hosting environment. While unforeseen challenges are always possible in software development, having a well-researched plan makes them far easier to solve efficiently.
Our goal is to ensure your project is set up for success from the start.
Design
During the design phase... we design the platform! Now, we transform ideas into visuals.
Each page is custom-designed, including all components, interactive states (success, error, loading, etc.), and any custom icons or imagery your platform needs. We typically prefer that you supply images to give your website even more of a personal touch.
We don't begin development until you approve the final design.
We typically follow a three-step design process:
Rough Draft
- Wireframe layout of your website or platform
- Focus on structure, layout, color scheme, and typography
- Placeholder text is used instead of finalized copy
- Design will intentionally be “unrefined” to avoid doing lots of work on components and layouts that are subject to change
Second Draft
- Incorporates feedback from the rough draft
- More, or almost fully, refined UI elements and interactions
- Copy may be added or updated (if available)
- Ensures alignment between structure, branding, and usability
- Design will intentionally be “unrefined” to avoid doing lots of work on components and layouts that are subject to change
Final Draft
- Incorporates feedback from the second draft
- Fully polished design, ready for development
- All components, states, and content finalized
- Mobile responsiveness and accessibility considerations included
- Any last adjustments before development begins
Each phase ensures that we refine and align the design with your vision before moving into development.
Build and Test
This phase is the most fun (in our opinion) since this is where your platform is brought to life!
For medium to large projects, we follow an Agile methodology with two-week sprints and demo sessions at the end of each sprint. This ensures you can see steady progress, test functionality, and request changes early in the process. If you do request any changes to be made, we will work on implementing those changes in the following sprint (if applicable). If any requested changes require a redesign, you will need to approve that redesign before the work can be completed.
For smaller projects, we can either build the entire platform before presenting it, or follow one- or two-week sprints with demos as needed.
Throughout the building phase, we continuously test for edge cases, bugs, and usability issues to ensure a seamless, high-quality product.
This is a very fun, interactive, and satisfying time. Once complete, your platform will be fully functional, tested, and ready for deployment.
Deploy
Depending on the project, deployment may happen at the end of the Build phase or run concurrently.
At this stage, your platform is fully designed, developed, and ready to go live. If it hasn't been deployed yet, this is when deploy it to the chosen hosting service. If it has been deployed (concurrent deployment), then this is where we make your site live at your domain. By now, we have ensured your website is accessible, optimized, and fully operational for public or internal use.
This is typically a short phase.
From here, we move into the final phase: Aftercare & Maintenance.
Aftercare and Maintenance
Website Hosting & Maintenance
We provide a minimum 6-month hosting and maintenance contract for websites. During this period, we handle all hosting, updates, bug fixes, analytics monitoring, and content changes.
After 6 months, you can:
- Renew for continued maintenance & hosting — Let us continue handling everything for you, hassle free
- Take full ownership — we'll transfer everything to your accounts (subject to a transfer fee)
Once transferred, we no longer provide updates or maintenance unless you sign a new agreement.
Web Apps
Unlike websites, web apps require your company to manage hosting and code repositories from the start.
We provide 2 months of post-launch support, covering:
- Bug fixes
- Minor content updates
- Ensuring platform stability
After this period, you can:
- Sign a maintenance contract (limited to bug fixes on existing features)
- Request new features under a separate development contract.
Our goal is to provide a smooth transition so you're fully in control of your platform's future.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take to build a website?
How much does it cost for you to build a website?
What kind of websites do you make?
What if I need a web application instead of a website?
Can you integrate third-party services into my website?
Can you help with SEO (Search Engine Optimization)?
Will my website be mobile-friendly?
Now that you know our process
How about we start a conversation?