planning and writing phase, but in either case close liaison should occur between
writers and the developers (if these are different people) throughout these stages.
This phase includes:
producing the physical product
producing any accompanying documentation (user guides,
implementation guides, etc if these are needed, eg the content is a course
or total learning product).
Testing and final checking
An important phase. All your efforts above are of little value if the product is not
accessible and usable. Consideration of usability factors actually begins in the
planning phase but it should be formally tested during prototyping, then following
full production. The importance of testing and considering the usability factors
cannot be over-stressed.
These steps require:
Knowing what standards should be aimed for (technical compliance and
usability of the product being developed).
Establishing means by which to measure or test that standards and
usability objectives have been achieved.
Considering when to measure, and how information from this will feed
back into the development process to achieve best outcomes most
efficiently.
Evaluation, feedback and redevelopment
Evaluation is a positive step that can provide feedback on the effectiveness of your
product; this will enable fine-tuning of the product. It also provides valuable
feedback to the production team on ways future developments can be improved.