This is another set of notes regarding questions that I've used for scoping out a site. This is very very rough.

Questions:

Client and Audience

Client Profile?, Client technologies?, Audience profile?, Audience non-profile?, Audience technologies?

Objectives and Goals

General concepts to accomplish, Suggestions: Sales/Income, Branding, Marketing, Customer Support, Employee Support, Client support, Collaboration, Community Building

Content and Functions

Specific Goals and Content, Suggestions: Catalogs, Shopping Carts, Product Specs, PDF Specs/Brochures, Videos, Contact Info, Portfolios, Message Boards, Newsletters, Press Releases, Mailing Lists, Web Mail

InfoArch and Tool Flow

Classifications, Organizations, Labels and groupings, Divisions and subdivisions

Navigation and Interface Elements

Flash, Page Template Elements, Java/JavaScript Elements, Side Bar navigation, Search Tools, Indexes, Ads, Frames, Site Maps, Domain Name

Visual Design

Colors, Fonts, Logos, imergry, Screen Dimensions, Color Depth, Connection Speed, Browser Compatibility

Site development

Server Hardware platform, Server Software platform, Datebase Software, Programming Tools

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Answers

Time Lines, Development Costs, Ongoing Costs: Hosting, Site Maintenence, Mail Hosting, Connectivity.

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