The site development process and what my role is in it

I think that the most interesting role in the web design process is the initial idea generation because this typically basic method is the foundation of a successful project. It’s interesting to me to see that most established designers simply begin with an idea and often times a pen and paper. A person could know how to program anything possible but without an idea and a direction to move towards, those programming skills are useless.

I am not personally gifted in the idea department, and that may be the reason I find this task to be the most interesting piece of the process. While I’m sure there are many people that would vote the creation portion to be the most exciting as they watch a project come together, I on the other hand find it more interesting that without that original idea nothing would exist.

The web design process seemingly goes: 1.) Assess the desired results. 2.) Come up with an idea 3.) Develop that idea both in design actual product 4.) Evaluate the results. This is obviously a simplified explanation, but essentially web design seems to be regarded as any business would be. The designers are expected to deliver a product that provides the desired results, and the only way to achieve that is to build upon a creative but functional idea from the beginning.