By Nathan Faloon

Essential Criteria achievedInformational website, which has at least 6 web pages.

Home page should display a Hit Counter.

Complete project documentation

Website to be accessible from Internet Explorer version, Chrome and Firefox.

Website populated with content/images/video clips/web links approved by client.

Suitable Domain name sourced.

Suitable web hosting service sourced, which is free from advertising.

Website uploaded to web hosting server.

Website completed and operational by 28/03/14.

Website maintenance provided until 13/06/14.

Desirable criteria achieved

Content management system suitable for a non-technical person to update and change web pages.

Website to be accessed from a mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Windows phone, Android, etc.)

Content management

Mobile access

Project ManagementUsing a Microsoft project file (.mpp) helped me clearly display all of my tasks and time them accordingly

What went well…

My good timekeeping allowed me to complete the project by deadline.

I stayed true to my original idea and the design is in many ways how I imagined it.

Having no team members meant there was no team mates falling behind or being carried.

Because of the simple design I chose it allowed the coding of the website to be a fast and relatively error free task.

What went less well…

Some of the links provided required research as they were broken/had been moved.

Finding the appropriate YouTube links to effectively embed the multiple videos was one of the longer tasks.

Finding a simple user friendly Content management service proved difficult.

Improvements for future projects Continue to work with the client to make further improvements in the text content and use of linked images for the Baby Matters and Careers pages.

It will also be necessary to recommend the purchase of an appropriate domain name and web hosting service, which is free from advertising.

For a future project of similar importance I would definitely hand pick a team that would work well together to reduce the workload.

Working in a team would also allow for the involvement of different opinions and another perspective.