Client Profile and Project Brief Worksheet

WORKSHEET EXAMPLE
Use this outline to create a profile of your client. You will hand in a typed document  along with your comparative research.

Client Profile

Business Name:
Business Owner:
Business Address:

phone:
email:
web:

overview:
• product/service
• features

Business Category:

Target Audience[s]:

Philosophy/history
• mission
• years in business
• trends

Competitive Advantage:

Business Obstacles:

Employees:

Primary Message:

Existing Marketing Materials:

Proposed Deliverables:

Research:
• Local Competition; sight website
• Nation Like-Business; sight website

Technology Overview:

Content Recommendation:

Budget: Mock budget
Design a break down of types of roles in a site and who will be proving what and the cost involved.

Client Presentations dates:

Deliverable dates:
• Clients
• Designer/Developer

Sitemap Creation:
Design a visual site map for all content links/pages

Site Concept and Goals:
• How does it alliegn with current business plan?
• What suggestion do we have for positioning the business for a online audience?

Make Teams

We will be working in teams. Let us designate teams based on knowledge, skills, gender. Each team will assign a different team leader throughout the term. It is up to each team to determine the order and length of the “team leader” role. Please submit this list to Michelle.

Peer Evaluation

As teams and a class, we will define and outline our definition of what it means to ”participate” in a team.

What is participation?
What are behaviors of participation?
What does it mean to be a team leader?

How do we evaluate your team member participation?
How do we evaluate your team leader? Is there different criteria, behaviors, or skills to be evaluated?

Create a scale system [point system] and evaluation items based on how we define participation?

An evaluation of each team member needs to submitted at the end of team leader rotation. Evaluated your team leader and your team members. Your peer evaluation will be part of final individual course grade.

RESULTS

Team Participation

1. Meet deadlines
   
2. Communication
   
3. Contribution
   
4. Listening Skills
   
5. Being Adaptive
   
6. Participation
   
7. Motivation
   
8. Process
   

Leadership by Example

1. Team Motivator
   
2. Initiative
   
3. Delegation Skills
   
4. Guidance
   

Comments:

Scale: 0-5

Technical tutorials

We all come into this course with a various skill set and technical skills. Each of us has strengths and weakness when it comes to web site design skills and website technical skills. The most important thing to remember is that we are all working a team. We learn from each other, we share information with each other, we learn together and we will make a project together. Let’s determine what additional technical skills each of you would like to work on and set up a schedule for doing tutorials. We will be using Dreamweaver as our primary WYSIWY editor tool. Some of you might wish to use other tools. You are welcome to use any tool you need to. Just keep in mind that documents will be shared with other and the team need to agree on the tools for development from the beginning. There are lots of ways to program and develop a site. There are a lot of available technology too. It's important to develop the site within your ability as a team.

Start by making a list of skills you would like to learn or review. I would like to have everyone lead the class through a tutorial. It is an important skill to have when working as a team. Learn to communicate skills and teach others as, other will teach you along the way. We will make a schedule for the tutorials and presenters.

For example, 

Dreamweaver Skills:

1. Sprys

2. AP Elements and divs

3. CSS for fonts 

4. CSS positioning

5. CSS rollover images

Tutorial : http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/css/rollover-buttons.shtml

Photoshop Skills:

1. slice tool
   
2. image compression
   
3. file formats
   

Course Calendar

This calendar will be updated daily. I will be enter dates for client presentation s and meeting when we determine them as teams.

Week One

March 3- First Day of Class

• introductions
  
• meet MESO
  
• introduce client project
  
• read Course Blog together
  
• create individual blog accounts and send URL to Michelle
  
• collect e-mail addresses
  
• art server/course folder
  
• hand out reading from In the Bubble, by John Thackra pgs 96-100 105-134
• make teams
• define words
• make peer evaluation

April 01

1. create individual blog accounts and send URL to Michelle
   
2. collect e-mail addresses
   
3. team leader schedule
   
4. tutorials and dates
   
5. contact clients-email sent make calls
   
6. teacher evaluation and % of grade
   
7. prepare for client meeting
   
8. use Client Profile WorkSheet and have questions for client
   

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Week Two

April 06

Clients in Class- Clear Reflections is confirmed to come in.

April 08
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Week Three

April 12
April 14
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Week Four

April 20

Team C is meeting with Mona April 20 @ 9:30

April 22

TEAM A is meeting with Hanna @ 9: 30
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Week Five

April 27

Team B is meeting with Brandi on Monday, April 27.

April 29
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Week Six

May 04
May 06
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Week Seven

May 11
May 13
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Week Eight

May 18

Team B is meeting with Brandi on Monday, May 18.
May 20
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Week Nine

May 25 Holiday No Class
May 27
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Week Ten

June 01

June 03 No class due to Sophomore Portfolio Review
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IMPORTANT DATES:

Sophomore Portfolio Review Dates
June 03 - 04

Final Exam Week
June 8-13

Grading Policy

1. Peer Evaluations

At the end of the term all your points will be totaled up and divided by the total number of evaluations for an average Number, on  0-5 scale.  At Mid Term I will hand back individual evaluations so that everyone knows what your mid-term grade is.

Team Participation
Meet deadlines
Communication
Contribution
Listening Skills
Being Adaptive
Participation
Motivation
Process

Leadership by Example
Team Motivator
Initiative
Delegation Skills
Guidance

Comments:

Scale: 0-5

0=Withdraw from class.

1=F

2=D

3=C

4=B

5=A

2. Instructor Evaluations

Quality of investigations

1. Visual explorations
   
2. Technical investigation
   

Articulation of work

1. Final visuals
   
2. Presentations
   
3. Technical tutorial
   
4. Blog contribution
   

Communication

1. With team
   
2. With client
   
3. With instructor
   

Motivation

1. team member collaboration
   
2. individual
   

3. Final Hand In 

Final Hand-In of all work and design mock-ups need to be submitted in the course Hand-In folder on the Art Server. Late hand-ins will receive a deduction. I will have more specific instructions when it is closer to the end of the term.

4. Attendance

Your final grade with reflect either a deduction because of absences or remained unchanged. Please make sure you read the attendance policy. If you have any questions regarding how many absences you have, please feel feel to ask.

MESO Clients

MESO - http://mesopdx.org/

The Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon seeks to broaden economic opportunities for underserved entrepreneurs by providing business support to increase growth in income, assets, and business skills.

Clients

Imagination Station
Brandi Webber
brandi6622@msn.com
(503) 283-0229
www.imaginationstationdaycare.com

Soul Chain
Mona McDonald
mona@soulchainboutique.com
(503) 243-5060
www.soulchainboutique.com

Dunbar Fine Art
James Dunbar
JamesDunbar_artist06@yahoo.com
(971) 270-6809
www.dunbarsfineart.net

Dancing Tree Herbals
Hanna Jordan
hannajordancounseling@gmail.com
(503) 453-5708
www.dancingtreeherbals.com

Clear Reflections Counseling
Hanna Jordan
hannajordancounseling@gmail.com
(503) 453-5708
www.clearreflectionscounseling.com