Web Design & Development
Project Management

Your business website, like every other business investment, should make financial sense. We understand the objectives of a business website, and can help design and build a web presence that meets your business’ needs. We, like you, are cost sensitive and results oriented.

Your business website should benefit your company directly and indirectly. It should be your company’s biggest brochure; most cost-effective salesperson; and one of your most interactive customer experiences. It should attract and inform consumers, represent your brand, generate leads, and generate revenue. It should contribute to your bottom line in quantifiable ways. It should inform vendors, customers, and employees alike, and reenforce positive perceptions about your business.

Building a website that does all these things requires experience and expertise that few firms of our size can offer. Designing and creating a websites that do these things, and at a reasonable cost, that is our specialty. R3R has experience in building web brands by first understanding the business needs, then implementing the technology and processes to meet those needs. To reduce development time, cut implementation costs, and maximize return on investment, we start with proven technologies (like Wordpress (for content management), Salesforce (for lead management), and Hosted Exchange (for email)), and customize them for our clients’ needs. Whenever necessary we confidently design and build unique custom software solutions to meet complex needs.

To learn more about how R3R can help your business design and build your business website, click the button on the right for a complimentary proposal.

Project Management

Experienced web design project management is an offering that you simply won’t get from other small web firms. It is part of what separates the consultants from the contractors. Our involvement in dozens of technology projects for companies large and small is one of our biggest assets for customers like you.

The five steps below represent the most fundamental overview of any project we undertake. All steps are performed in direct cooperation with client managers and other stakeholders to ensure consistent expectations and objectives, and result in on-target results.

• Gather and understand the unique business requirements for your online brand
• Establish a timeline and cost estimate for your project
• Propose an end-to-end solution that fits your requirements, timeline, and budget
• Assemble the team to deliver the solutions to meet your requirements
• Execute the solution, manage risk, and deliver results

The objective of any R3R project is to do it right the first time through understanding, clarification, and accurate execution. The steps above help ensure that your project’s requirements are met - without need for costly “re-work.” Proper preparation and skillful execution are the cornerstones of a successful project.

Managing Teams:

In any business technology project, there can be a a number of team members involved in the planning and building of the end product. Even the smallest of business web design projects generally consist of at least 2-3 team members. A typical website design/development/launch project may involve:

• Creative team members (aka: designers), who make it all look pretty on the “front end”
• Technical team members (aka: developers), who do programming and other “back-end” work
• Writers and editors, who produce the “content” (i.e.: articles, static copy, etc.) for the site
• Marketers / PR, who develop marketing and PR strategy (and through SEO/SEM, affiliate, e-mail, or even direct marketing) work to get the site “found”

Fundamental responsibilities of your project manager (PM) include to keeping the team aligned and moving toward a unified objective, while managing the quality, consistency, and timeliness of pre-defined milestones. Yet often small businesses embark on projects without experienced management - instead allocating an internal manager or executive to manage the project while still tending to his/her existing duties.

For those clients who aren’t able to assemble an “in-house” web project teams, R3R also serves as a general contractor, providing a custom team of specialists appropriate for your project. Clients can take advantage of our vast professional network, and proven work relationships with specialists in nearly every web field.

Successful Project Managers Provide:

• Risk Management: Identification, communication, controlling, and avoidance of risks roll up into what is arguably the most critical value that your PM brings to your project.
• A fundamental understanding of your high-level project goals: Before a team can even break ground, your dedicated project manager works directly with you and your project’s stakeholders to understand your company and the project at hand, propose high-level solutions, and estimate project “scope,” cost, and timeline.
• Work estimating and planning skills: Many service providers simply dive right into development in an effort to save up front costs. But the cost you should be aware of is the bottom line. Accurately estimating and planning a project helps ensure on time and on budget delivery of the desired product, minimizing costly “re-work.”
• Strong knowledge of technology capabilities and limitations: The best managers have roots as project team members themselves. With a background in hands-on technology implementations, you can be assured that your PM understands the technology being used on your project.
• Leadership: Empowering and authoritative, your PM owns tough decisions, but works to unify the team and enable team members to make appropriate decisions themselves.
• Experience: An intangible that can be measured in years, or in past projects. But as physycist Niels Bohr (w) famously said, “An expert is a [person] who has made all the mistakes there are to make…” Your PM’s experience can also be measured in lessons learned, which compliment every other item on this list.

If you would like to learn more about our project management services, and how we can help you, please contact us today.