Analysis Phase

Background/Introduction:

The website http://www.nvi.com.au contains the news of local community and some important national news. It also includes the sports section which holds the news about local sports and what is happening around the area. The upcoming events section shows forthcoming events in surroundings. There is a page or a link that says Article on the website which indicates there are different articles and another link about Advertisement. The target audience is local people living in that area. The age group I think is between 16 and 65 in other words according to website there is something about everyone.

MDLC – Web Development Life Cycle

According to Felki Morris following picture shows the Web development Life Cycle. The report outlines the analysis phase for building the Dudsville Online Community Newspaper website.

Analysis:

Dudsville Online Community Newspaper

 

 Mission statement

Dudsville newspaper wants to provide local news and events information to the community in a cost effective manner which is an online weekly newspaper. They have decided to include images, text, videos, animation and audio commentary because of the popularity of online format. The best way of presenting the information in this internet era is an online format. The newspaper thinks it the best way because of the cheap broadband service available in the area. The local members can also contact to editor to share news which they feel may be of interest to the community.

Goals and Objectives

Ø  Providing neutral and unbiased information/news to the local community of the area

Ø  The aim of the website is to provide information with regards to what happened, what is happening and the coming activities specifically in that area and what are the chances of improvements in the local community. Moreover to provide articles and events details for everyone so more people can read and participate respectively.

Ø  Inclusion of multimedia elements such as images, video, text, animations, audio and podcasts are considered the important part of the newspaper website.

Ø  Provide breaking news via online format.

Ø  End users should be able to contact newspaper in a timely efficient manner.

Ø  Reporting of weather, sports, events and new talent in the community

Ø  Making the best site of the town which can be become the medium of communication between local people and building a trustworthy name

Target Audience:

"The end user of the application/website is almost as important as the client." It is very important to know your intended audience. Dudsville community newspaper website falls in the category of special interest, public interest and non-profit organization. The purpose of these websites is to provide news and current information for volunteers, devotees, novices, a specific audience or general public.

The purpose of the website is to provide information.

Age:  The age is important factor as different things appeal to different age group. The target age of audience is between 15 - 65 years. There is something for everyone and this website will be designed by keeping the age of target audience in mind. The articles in the website are appealing for older people, podcast for adults and sports and new talent for younger people.

Education: Education level varies but a person should understand English.

Computer literacy: Should have basic knowledge of computer and using of internet.

Nationality: Any nationality person living in the area is welcome to read, learn and share the knowledge/information.

Disability option is considered in designing the layout and content of the website.

In short all age groups are welcome to visit, learn, educate, listen and share the information available on the website.

 

Constraints and delivery platform

Constraints and delivery platform:

No application is a perfect application there are some problems with the application and at the time of development there must be some constraints which reduces the effectiveness of the project.

Ø  One of the restrictions for building this website is client test environment is not available after office hours.

Ø  There are limitations of broadband service or internet service. The newly broadband introduced is very expensive so the website is unable to use high quality images.

Ø  HTML5 and CSS3 are new technologies and not every browser is supporting them.

Ø  Currently, the website is available for Desktop and laptop users but soon will be upgraded for mobile devices or smart phones.

Ø  Basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop makes difficult to create good quality sharp images.

Ø  Some systems are not capable of showing all fonts and this is one of the common hurdles.

Ø  Another constraint for building this website is not using advanced technology for the application as browser compatibility is the issue.

The delivery of the application is so simple and it requires

Ø  Internet connection (Broadband is better)

Ø  Desktop computer  (1.2 GHz minimum)

Ø  500 mb RAM recommended

Ø  A well-known web browser i.e. IE 8.0 or greater, Google Chrome, Safari 3 or greater last but not least Opera browser 10 or later version.

Ø  Medium of information is online.

Ø  Any audio player for listening music/audio or podcast.

Ø  VLC or windows media player for watching videos