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Get your web project on the right track! Contact DCAD to schedule an initial consultation.

Phone:
617.253.3500

Email:
web-consult@mit.edu

Office:
N42-240

Web Communications Services

A Set of Services from Departmental Consulting and Application Development (DCAD)

They are a set of services from IS&T’s Departmental Consulting and Application Development (DCAD) Team. We assist MIT departments, labs, centers and programs in all facets of web site projects.

How can we help?

• Design & build your web site
• Create a custom web application
• Define your project requirements
• Organize your site’s content
• Maintain your site
• Manage your web site project

DCAD saves you time and money by helping you pinpoint your project goals. We offer MIT experience and below-market rates.

All initial consultations are free. Some services have an associated fee. Contact us for details.

Our Services

Project assessment including needs analysis to specify business and communication goals.

Project management providing guideance and oversight on all stages of your project from start to finish.

Requirements gathering including facilitating focus groups, auditing content, developing audience profiles, site mapping, and creation of wireframes.

Vendor selection assistance from the pool of experienced vendors on our preferred MIT vendor list.

Coordination of MIT resources to ensure you take advantage of everything MIT has to offer your project.

Technical guidance on implementing IS&T technologies such as an events calendar, e-commerce tools, online forms and the MIT Google search.

Design & code compliance reviews to ensure your site meets with MIT programming, usability and accessibility guidelines.

Design enhancements to extend your site’s existing layout and theme.

Web site development using current web programming and accessibility standards.

Web application development for departments that want database-driven interactive web sites.

Web site maintenance contracts for scheduled updates based on your needs.

Blog & wiki development tailored to your site’s design with MIT certificates for authentication.

Site audits to determine if changes to programming or content would be beneficial to your site.

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The Web Project Process

Of the many elements that are essential to an informative, user-friendly web site — compelling content, clear information architecture, and dynamic design — the most important element is planning and analysis. Our process for most web projects follows these stages:

Define clear goals, objectives and project scope.

Discover our requirements by defining what users should be able to do.

Partner with contracted talent who match your project’s needs.

Design the user experience through an iterative design exploration.

Develop your design into a into a fully functioning web site.

Deliver a final web site that meets all of your project’s goals.

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Completed Projects

Visit these completed project web sites for examples of our work:

Association of Student Activities
http://web.mit.edu/asa/

Get Fit @ MIT
http://getfit.mit.edu/

Giving to MIT
http://giving.mit.edu/

Mechanical Engineering
http://meche.mit.edu/

School of Architecture + Planning
http://sap.mit.edu/

Technology Children’s Center
http://web.mit.edu/mitchildcare/

Webpub Blog
http://webpub.mit.edu/

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