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We all want to hit the ground running when we start a new project, but a little forethought can reap huge dividends in the long run. Craig Grannell talks to experienced web developers about how an intelligent approach to planning can help save time, money and your sanity

Many web designers give scant regard to planning. Instead, they steam on in, basing a project’s cursory preparation on previous work, and hoping no problems will rudely smash them in the face along the way. But as Andy Budd, creative director of Clearleft, notes: “Planning is integral to almost every project – it’s like asking how a blueprint benefited a building. You can’t build a building without doing a blueprint, otherwise the result will be ineffective and fall down!”

He takes the architecture analogy further – it’s a helpful parallel to web design planning. “There’s a certain size of structure – say, a house extension – where rather than talk to an architect, you just get in a builder who’s built dozens of extensions. The end result should be fine, due to the relatively low complexity and small number of likely problems. But the more complex a system is and the more variables, features and functions it has, the greater the chance of something going wrong. If you want a new house, you consult an architect, but, unfortunately, most people on the web build websites like they’re knocking together an extension. They don’t have the necessary knowledge for planning and just hope what they create won’t fall down.” Read More At .NET

Courtesy: www.netmag.co.uk