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| Procedures for Redesigning the UM Libraries Home Page |
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| Scope and Changes needed on the current home page |
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| Personas (user definitions) |
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User Research |
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| Student focus group |
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| User testing |
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| Gather feedback from Libraries staff |
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| Sponsor staff focus group or brown bag session |
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Information Design |
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| Determine links that will appear on home page |
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| Categorize and label content |
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| Determine navigation system for subsidiary pages |
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Writing |
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| Write copy |
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| Write meta tags |
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Visual Design |
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| Create visual design for home page |
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| Create visual design for subsidiary pages |
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| Evaluate visual design |
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Development |
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| Build html (home page) |
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| Build html (headers) |
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| Create mirror site |
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| Code and test header includes |
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| Replace headers in mirror site |
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| Test pages online |
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| Conduct browser and platform testing |
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| Freeze live site and convert to new design |
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Launching |
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| Work with the PR Team on publicity plan |
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| Launch site internally |
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| Launch site publicly |
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