DEFINE THE WEBSITE NEED
Give each provider the same non-sensitive starting point. Focus on people, actions and content rather than promised marketing outcomes.
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Web design and development project-brief workbook
A website proposal is easier to compare when every provider receives the same picture of the business goal, audience, content readiness, important journeys, features and responsibilities. This helpful preparation resource from PickYourPro.ai organizes that brief and gives you room to compare discovery, design, development, accessibility planning, evaluation, launch, ownership, maintenance and handoff without promising outcomes or prescribing code.
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This is a provider-selection and project-scoping workbook, not design or development work, code or testing instructions, an accessibility-conformance or legal determination, cybersecurity or privacy guidance, SEO advice, or a promise of rankings, traffic, conversions, performance, compatibility or business results. Never enter credentials, customer data, secrets or private system details.
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How to use this resource
Describe goals as observable user or business needs rather than traffic, ranking or conversion guarantees. Inventory content by broad category, keep credentials and customer data out, and identify integrations by purpose rather than secret configuration. Ask each provider to explain deliverables, responsibilities, evaluation, launch, ownership and support in writing.
Open the PDF in a form-capable viewer, save a copy, then fill it in. Reopen your saved copy to check your answers. You can also print the blank pages and write by hand. Your answers are not submitted to PickYourPro.ai.
COMPARE SCOPE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND HANDOFF
Ask the provider to define the project from discovery through support. Keep technical decisions and testing with the qualified team.
PREPARE FOR WEBSITE DISCOVERY
Tick what is ready. Providers should explain technical choices, accessibility evaluation, launch and support.
QUESTIONS FOR A WEB PROVIDER
Record how each provider would define discovery, deliverables, accessibility, evaluation, launch, ownership and support for the same brief.
COMPARE THE SAME WEBSITE BRIEF
Use A and B in every box. Compare only after both providers receive the same goals, audience, content and responsibility context.
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Web Design & Development preparation checklist
- State the main business need, priority audiences and primary user actions in plain language.
- List existing site, brand and content assets by broad category without sharing credentials or private data.
- Describe the most important user journeys and decision points without prescribing interface solutions.
- Separate must-have features and integrations from later ideas, naming purpose rather than secret configuration.
- Ask who owns content, approvals, accessibility goals, evaluation, testing, launch and ongoing maintenance.
- Ask the provider to define deliverables, rounds, exclusions, assumptions, dependencies and acceptance process.
- Clarify source files, accounts, licenses, hosting, documentation, training, ownership and handoff in writing.
- Give each provider the same brief and compare process, scope, responsibilities, timing, terms and fit.
Questions to ask a web design and development provider
- How will discovery turn our goals, audiences, content and user journeys into an agreed project brief?
- What design, development, content, integration and project-management deliverables are included or excluded?
- How will accessibility goals, responsibilities and evaluation be addressed from planning through launch?
- What review, testing, acceptance and change process do you propose, and what must our team provide?
- How will launch, hosting, domains, accounts, licenses, documentation, training and handoff be coordinated?
- Who owns the deliverables and source files, what ongoing support is offered and what is included in writing?
Write down the answers and any exclusions. If two proposals describe different work, clarify the difference before comparing their totals. Leave unanswered points blank until the professional confirms them.
A CLEARER NEXT STEP
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Create an account on PickYourPro.ai only if you choose, then start a Web Design & Development request. Share goals, audiences, content readiness, user journeys, feature and integration purposes, accessibility goals, launch needs and handoff preferences so participating pros can compete with proposals. Compare discovery, deliverables, responsibilities, evaluation, launch, ownership, support, written terms and fit; a detailed discovery and systems review may be needed before a final proposal.
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Official references and scope
These are original planning prompts, with AI assistance, prepared by PickYourPro.ai. Official links checked October 14, 2026. This pack has not been independently reviewed by a licensed specialist.
- W3C WAI: Introduction to Web Accessibility ↗
Official W3C resource used only to support questions about setting accessibility goals and evaluating accessibility early and throughout a project. This workbook does not determine conformance or legal obligations.
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