How to budget for a large website
Separate layouts, migration, integration, testing and maintenance. Add discovery for unknown requirements instead of promising a fixed scope without adequate inputs.
Putting project delivery into practice
Scope includes pages, content, functions and acceptance methods. Record change impact and decisions, and distinguish demonstrations, tests and released work.
Checking the result
Trace requirements to actual pages or outcomes and check owners and outstanding items. Provide inspectable evidence rather than a bare completion statement.
