DGD Consulting

Website Upgrade

Changes to a site come in many shapes and sizes:-

This section concerns itself with the last two change types, where implementing the changes may cause some disruption to the website. When making changes be clear to understand and document:-

If the website is being upgraded, then other changes not implemented in the last release, or added to the “wish list” since that release, could be considered for inclusion. It’s also worth canvassing colleagues, customers and potential customers for additional ideas. However, do NOT include too much change if there is a risk of compromising the objectives of the primary changes.

If the planned changes are a significant amount of work then this should be considered as a major project. The proposals should be taken forward and the website planning process followed as it was for the initial design.


Upgrading an existing site has one additional complication.

ITS LIVE!

The planning must incorporate plans to avoid major disruption to any services provided by the site. Plans must be in place to cover some or all of the following:-

Each migration needs to be looked at individually, but generally the options are:-

In all cases there needs to be a strategy for going back to the old site should there be unexpected problems when going live.