Client Criteria for the Corporate Web Project

When selecting your two potential clients, keep in mind that the ultimate success of your team's project is inextricably tied to the appropriateness of your potential clients. Also, remember that the clients' needs should be serviceable within the time and resource constraints of the project. You should not commit to creating a Web site from scratch for your client, for example. Rather, your target document will be a recommendation report that comments upon the feasibility of either the construction and maintenance of a Web site or revisions to an already existing site.

Beginning to choose potential clients

Because this project asks you to work as a consultant, you will need to choose a client that complements the project's goals. The following general criteria should help you to begin selecting a client, but you also should consult the client criteria section below.

Organizational concerns

Potential clients should be . . .

• nonprofit organizations or small businesses.
• able to administer and maintain a website.
• interested in our services.

• willing to be interviewed and observed as part of your team's research.
• in locations accessible to all team members.
• amenable to continuous communication with your team for the duration of the project.

• be an organization that does not already have web consultants on staff.
• be very accessible--in terms of both time and location--so that you can become familiar with the context and maintain communication throughout the project.
• be in either Lafayette or West Lafayette.
• be potentially interesting to all team members.
• not be a relative or close friend.

Corporate Web Project Links:
Project Summary | Client Criteria | Client Research | Oral Report | Considerations for OR | Recommendation Report | Peer Response for Recommendation Report | Ethical Guidelines for Interviewing Clients