Master your next Freelance Project
Tags: javascript, webdev, java, productivity
Published: 2020-07-02 19:05:43

####Hello to all my community people :-) This is my second post and I'm thankful to everyone because my first(previous) post reached 40k+ view with your love.❤️😃

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_Now, let's start our today's topic_


####After learning programming or designing, you've to start taking freelance projects but what to do after you'll get freelance project..? I'm going to share the framework `Analysis Phase Framework` that I'm using over the years to get more clarity about the project and client's mind and that will help you to make a better freelance project. 

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The `questionnaire` is a more important task for your client to understand their project requirement more clearly before starting out any project.

![freelancing](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/304mdj5j3y3qbu7kyi2o.jpg)


I've divided this framework into 6 parts:

![website freelancing](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/877cwg2s56z624bkmcvd.png)

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####Phase 1: Business Analysis

_In this phase you've to understand about company and what exactly the client wants from you by asking the following questions:_

`company name:_________ `    `Address:__________`
`Phone:________`             `Email:_________`

`Question 1`: Describe your business in few sentences?
`Question 2`: Who is your target customer/audience?
`Question 3`: What makes your company remarkable? Ex: Being the cheapest, having awesome customer service, fast or free delivery, guarantee or return policy, etc?

![design business](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/9gufq94tj6tj8na4kw3x.jpg)

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####Phase 2: Website Analysis
_This phase is to understand the pain points, goals of the clients like:_

`Question 1`: What do you like about your previous branding/website?
`Question 2`: What do you dislike about your previous branding/website?
`Question 3`: What are your expectations for the new website?
`Question 4`: What's your primary goal for the site? Like: Increase brand awareness, encourage sales, Educate their audience, etc.

![website design](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/v0ptekdo23qkjdk3d2cn.jpg)

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####Phase 3: Competitive Analysis
_This phase is to understand the about the competitors of your client:_
`Question 1`: Who are your competitors that are providing the same services?
`Question 2`: What are some sites that you like the style of, features, and functionality of?
`Question 3`: What do you currently like about your competitors’ website?
![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/ndle0kejly9uotod055g.jpg)

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####Phase 4: Branding Analysis
_This phase is to understand the branding guidelines of the client company:_
`Question 1`: Do you have any specific color and typography palette that need to be used in your project?
`Question 2`: Do you have imagery (photos, video, or illustrations) that will be part of the design?
`Question 3`: Do you have any logo for this project? If you have then can you provide me with the artwork files or you want a new logo?
`Question 4`: Do you have a tagline and a mission statement? `Question 5`: Apart from website designing, what are the other things you want like e-catalog, etc? If no then say NA.
![branding](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/vrmzcihw08j7pfypisy4.jpg)

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####Phase 5: Functionality Analysis
_This phase is to understand the particular functionality that clients want in the website or app or product like:_
`Question 1`: Will you require a responsive design (adapts automatically to mobile devices)?
`Question 2`: What functional requirements are needed within the new website? Like: Photo Galleries, Words by previous customers, Contact form, chatting, etc.
`Question 3`: Will you want a single page website/Single landing page or multiple page website?
![responsive design](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/36umkkqxqzaj8md3zqk3.jpg)

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####Phase 6: Budget and Timeline Analysis
_We all are doing hard work to get money. So we have to understand the timeline and budget of client before saying yes:_
`Question 1`: What's your expected timeline for this project?
`Question 2`: What's your budget for this project?
![css](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/lhouai35zku5ut7k3e1w.jpg)

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Now you are ready to handle any client's project and you're ready to start designing or development.
![tutorial](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/cvqioz5wlgwh46a83prf.jpg)

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Thank you again for my first post 40K+. Hope you'll like this post too.

If you have doubts regarding front end development or UI/UX Design. Please feel free to connect with me on: ❤️😃
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Regards
`Akash`