I would be interest in what techniques, processes and tools you use to plan a project, especially if it’s for a client.
I really need to improve on this as I end up costing out the project all wrong.
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What do you mean, plan as in to show them visuals or something? or plan as in some kind of sitemap to show them what you think the sort of site schema should be.
To be very honest most projects I begin, have one plan only, there is no real plan, and whatever i come across I know in my head I will find a way around, even if it half kills me, where theres a will theres a way kind of scenario.
I have spent hours planning out sites and within the first day half of the plan is already out the window, so I find it just stresses me out more than anything.
As far as tools go, to be honest I only really use Wappler mainly, as to layout quick views of webpages in design applications like InDesign or Illustrator takes half the time it would have taken for me to just make it directly in Wappler and then it is usable.
I deal with many graphic designers though as my website designing abilities are much to be desired, and for them I ask they create mockups at 3 sizes at least per page type and supply it to me, so I can replicate their designs into HTML/CSS. Most of them give me InDesign files.
If you need to make mind maps I like MindNode, and for some really simple sites I use Bootstrap Studio to get the initial layout of the template pages done. Otherwise to be honest, the 2 apps open all day are really Wappler and Google Chrome, with community.wappler.io open, and Skype, just because im an old fart who still prefers skype over all the others, lol.
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For me a fresh note pad per Project. Old fashioned way is best after trying many alternatives such as Kanban boards like Trello etc. No matter how much I try to stay on top of organising these online tools nothing is better than writing it down. Don’t need the internet to update things, easy to carry to meetings, or scribble down during calls. Costs 90 Cents. Essentially have ended up with a library in my office. I stick labels to the pages like an index of sorts, makes finding things easy, and no loss of data or need to backup!
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Make a site map - that help to losely define db structure.
Excel or vs code mostly.
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There’s value in old school - also it’s a matter of what works individually. I often start with the outline view in PowerPoint. I’ve found it as a quick and easy way to move ideas around and then move on to design.
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