This is an example of a project schedule for creating a simple website. There are over 100 tasks in the plan covering all aspects of creating an html website. The plan is organised by the phases in the website project's lifecycle:

• Start-up
• Initiation and PID
• Procurement
• Domain names
• Marketing and stationary
• Specifications and designs
• Website text
• Implementation and delivery
• Assets
• Webpage templates and CSS
• Create webpages
• System and User Acceptance Testing
• Training for the website administrator
• Go live
• SEO strategy
• Project close

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About this simple website project

This plan was managed to a tailored Prince 2 Method, which is applicable to most projects. However, if you are working to a particular method you may want to make some amendments to the Project Management tasks. The resource sheet refers to the Project Sponsor this is always the person who is accountable for the success or failure of the project and holds the purse strings. On your project they may be your Client or Customer.

It is important to note that this plan has not gone through any resource levelling. This is deliberate as every project is unique and before you level the plan you will need to configure it for your project for example: adding tasks, changing resource allocation, and adjusting task predecessors and successors. The User Guide explains how to configure your plan.

This project was for a simple mainly static company website. Training was provided for the Administrator so that they could change CSS files, use HTML tags in posts and make more detailed changes using an HTML editor if needed. Hosting was purchased from the Web Design Company. Although Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is mentioned and freely available Google tools are used to monitor position in search results, the definition and development of a comprehensive SEO strategy is not included. Equally marketing and external communication regarding the website was part of a separate project. Resources from the Web Design Company are suffixed with (WDC).

What is in the .zip file

The schedule and user guide are in a compressed .zip file. Once you have downloaded and 'unzipped' the file. You will see these docs:

• Project template user guide (PDF)
• Simple Website (Word) - notes on the project
• Simple-Website (Microsoft Project Document)
• Simple-Website (PDF)
• Simple-Website (Excel)
• Simple-Website-MSP-version-2000-2003 (Microsoft Project 2000 - 2003)
• Simple-Website-MSP-version-2010 (Microsoft Project 2010)

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Warning - you need to tailor these plans to your project. The user guide in the zip file with your plan, explains how to add, remove and edit tasks and takes you through the things you need to check step-by-step.

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