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Last Update December 5, 2001
Date: 9/24/2001
On: Stephen Seitz Real Estate Business, 410-xxx-xxxx, sseitz@xxxxxx.xxx
Prepared by: BAC Consulting, Inc. (Christopher Paul, Matt Berkowitz, Charlene Seitz, Vivian Cook, and Ari Kurz)
General Project Information:
Project Name: SSRE
Project Managers: Matt Berkowitz and Charlene Seitz
Note: BAC evaluated SSRE's web site at www.stephenseitz.com prior to our interview with Stephen Seitz. Our interview guideline is listed below.
Interviewee: Stephen Seitz Interviewer
Interviewer: Charlene Seitz, BAC Consulting Inc.
Interview Date: September 18, 2001
Interview Time: 6 pm to 6:30 pm
Interview Location: UMBC Computer Room
Objectives: Determine what SSRE is looking for to be included on his site.
Obtain agreement on the task at hand: BAC to redesign and implement new site.
What data to collect/need to collect: A copy of his current site on disk, marketing material.
Establish time frame: Approximately 6 weeks to complete.
Agenda | Approximate Time |
Introduction | 2 minutes |
Background on Project | 4 minutes |
Overview of Interview | 1 minute |
Topics to be Covered | 2 minutes |
BAC, Inc. Questions | 10 minutes |
Summary of Major Points | 2 minutes |
Questions from Client | 5 minutes |
Closing | 1 minutes |
General Observations
This site should look and behave as an extension to the actual business. SSRE takes great pride and extends maximum effort in portraying the firm as professional, trustworthy, experienced, and financially stable.
Unresolved Issues
Mr Seitz needs to provide BAC with marketing content that BAC will review and use on the new site.
Questions presented to Mr. Seitz and his responses
BAC discussed various pages from SSRE’s web site and discussed the following with Stephen
BAC's proposal to make the SSRE website more appealing
Website Mission
SSRE’s website is a business site with two primary objectives: conveying useful real estate information to potential and existing clients, while promoting Stephen and Charlene Seitz as realtors. This site needs to have a professional look, and be able to satisfy two audiences: those who are inexperienced with real estate transactions as well as people who are experienced with such transactions. On this site, users navigate through a menu interface to reach different sites regarding the real estate process, while promoting Stephen and Charlene Seitz as their realtor representatives.
Design and Layout
The site will be designed using Microsoft FrontPage and will have enhanced color graphics, in addition to different font sizes. JavaScript will be used to rotate pictures instead of Macromedia Flash because many people still use dial-up modems (56/33.6k) and will not have the patients to wait for downloads. The images that will be used on the website will be copied from Prudential Carrathers Real Estate, and the photos will be scanned in from personal pictures or taken from the multiple lists of homes on the web. Most of the content will be provided by SSRE, however some content will be developed by BAC and then discussed with SSRE before BAC converts to an electronic format.
The web pages will be designed to meet various technological characteristics such as what browser, what connection speeds, what content and information will keep users coming back. Each page will focus on a single topic, with similar menu layouts, and will be designed to maximize the amount of information while minimizing the size of the page.
Frames will be used in the design, consisting of a top header that will have the navigation at the bottom. Although the website will be designed for potential and existing clients, anyone who is familiar with using computer and the Internet can visit the site and will be able to navigate the site without any knowledge of real estate. The site will be developed to conform with 508 compliance guidelines.
Navigation
The overarching goal of the website is to be aesthetically pleasing to the viewer and easy to navigate, while providing potential clients with information on buying and selling real estate. Navigation will be consistent throughout SSRE's web site, by using hypertext links. For the user to be able to navigate through the site, appropriate task needs will be established. The site will be organized in a manner that is self-explanatory. All users need do to move through the site is click on links, which are underlined, to access a certain page. This site will be developed using the top-down approach. By clicking on links on the home page top border, users have the opportunity to navigate to the desired page.
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