Managing vendor relationships
Establishing a successful web presence today means working with a wide array of technology vendors - including hosting providers, domain registrars, web developers, web designers, database administrators, and online marketers. As a leader in web development, Lightbulb First has considerable experience working with vendors. An excellent vendor can add a great deal of value to your website. At Lightbulb First, we help you choose vendors carefully, and communicate with them about your needs, so that you get the best results.
The staff at Lightbulb First are familiar with the needs of people and organizations with bright ideas. We help you manage your projects efficiently, so that you are able to focus on advancing your mission. Our services include:
- Working creatively with your staff to suggest new technology initiatives that advance your goals
- Writing Requests for Proposal and Requests for Quote
- Managing the bidding process and evaluating potential vendors
- Recommending high-quality vendors and metrics for evaluating vendors
- Managing the beta test and launch of a new web initiative
- Bringing your stakeholders into the process, and soliciting their feedback
Developing specifications
The first step in putting together a web site is describing the project in technical terms. But that's easier said than done. Writing specifications for web-based software is a complex process.
Lightbulb First specializes in developing specifications that are easy to understand for innovators and community builders, and precise enough to meet the needs of developers and designers. We'll help you articulate your vision in language that translates into a strong website. We'll guide you to the best practices and tools available to make your project come alive quickly and efficiently. And we'll help you look around the corner, to see what your site will look like, well before you pay your first development invoice.
Depending on your needs and those of your developers, we can provide any one of the following kinds of specifications:
- Use cases
- User stories
- Wireframes
- Site maps
- Functional and non-functional specifications
- Implementation specifications
With experience managing complex development projects, we are confident that our specifications will help you achieve buy-in from your stakeholders, communicate with your developers, and execute your project successfully.