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**martintung** · 05-03-2010, 05:54 AM

I am a web/graphic designer by job description but I am webmaster by role in a printing company that also act as design studio. My responsibilities/roles are to design and develop client websites, conducting SEO research and reporting for client websites, manages website jobs folders, assisting the other staff/studio manager in graphic design related projects etc.

Recently I have been asked by company director to define a continuity in context of design in web design process for webmaster role, although I am clueless what appropriate answer would be, as I use English as a Second Language (I am Asian) therefore I would like to seek for your feedback and answers (for experienced webmasters belong to the forum here or contributing members too) to the question I described above: How you can define the continuity of web management process in context of design?
If there are examples of such case to support the explanation then that would be appreciated greatly.

N.B. My background / educational qualification is Multimedia, which is largely based on visual design, and some programming but I have never been to Info Tech core.

**chrishirst** · 05-03-2010, 06:08 AM

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I am clueless what appropriate answer would be,

I would think the rest of us are too.

Sounds more like management BS, and my answer to a director that asked me such a pointless question would be;

"What the :deleted: are you talking about"!

Yep, that's correct, I was never "popular" with some directors in my previous employment either.

**chrishirst** · 05-03-2010, 06:10 AM

Oh! BTW

Is this yours as well?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...3022526AAKzbZq

**martintung** · 05-03-2010, 06:40 AM

chrishirst, thank you for your information. Of course it is thought-provoking question. I think director meant that is related to something procedural when making changes to an existing area or part of website during web build, for example, I am told to make a change to a circle within a rectangle, so the circle needs makeover while rectangle stays still. The change needs to be documented, but if someone in the team makes the changes to the rectangle, then it would be taken as unexpected amendment indication that takes place thereafter and mess up (or cancel out) the documented change in tracking. I know this may sound strange, but changes are always documented in job tracking management software that we all the staff use to record things in real time.

Yes that is correct, I did submit the same thing to Answers website.

P.S. Continuity management sounds more like IT Risk Management, but this is not the answer what I would choose or director wants. So what I look for is examples of managing process of changing something that continues, i.e. site concepting or web build.

**jgdeutsch** · 05-03-2010, 08:50 AM

I would probably define the continuity of web management process in context of design as a pretext for the paradigm of synergy in growth of space and time over the weft and weave of integrated hegemony.

**vangogh** · 05-03-2010, 07:18 PM

Martin I'm not 100% sure what your director is looking for, but here are some thoughts.

The design of a website can change for any number of reasons. Something doesn't work like you expected or you want to add something new. If you're talking specifically about the visual look of a site then I think you would tie that into analytics. For example you might measure how many people see a product page and click the button to add the product to the cart. If very few people are clicking the button you might look at the page and experiment with changing the size of the button or the color or location. You might even decide the entire page needs a new look and run a split test to see whether the old design or a new one works better to get more people to add the product to the shopping cart.

I'm not sure if that's the kind of thing you're looking for, but if I'm understanding right then I think what you want to tell your director is that by measuring the performance of the site with analytics and testing new designs or changes to a design against the existing design you could continue to improve the site's performance.

**chrishirst** · 05-03-2010, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jgdeutsch

I would probably define the continuity of web management process in context of design as a pretext for the paradigm of synergy in growth of space and time over the weft and weave of integrated hegemony.

Now you see, THAT'S real management speak

Come out with something like that and NOBODY will question you.

Mainly because they won't have a bloody clue what you are talking about!

AND they won't dare ask!

**martintung** · 05-05-2010, 06:01 AM

Thank you for your response, vangogh. Although it is not 100% perfect, it still provides example of such case and I really appreciate your contribution. Now that the definition is already made, I was wondering if any of you know how to manage the continuity process of the design?

All of those who participated and submitted the answers, I sincerely thank you for your time.

**serandfae** · 05-05-2010, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jgdeutsch

I would probably define the continuity of web management process in context of design as a pretext for the paradigm of synergy in growth of space and time over the weft and weave of integrated hegemony.

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Originally Posted by chrishirst

Now you see, THAT'S real management speak

Come out with something like that and NOBODY will question you.

Mainly because they won't have a bloody clue what you are talking about!

AND they won't dare ask!

I'll question it, because it makes no sense whatsoever. A hegemon is a major political power, that would care absolutely nothing about web management or its continuity, and hegemons don't like being woven together or integrated, and despise synergy.

Someone has been playing a very bad game with the magnetic fifty cent words stuck to the refrigerator. It helps to know what said words actually mean in context.

Now, that said, for those who absolutely must define site management in managerial newspeak, namely your boss, tell him that the flow and process (continuity) with regard to design involves keeping the look fresh while keeping the user experience simple, to ensure return visits and return on investment. There, done.

tim

**chrishirst** · 05-05-2010, 07:28 PM

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It helps to know what said words actually mean in context.

That's half the fun of speaking pseudo technical gibberish to managers.

...

They don't like to appear stupid in front of the "menials"

so they just nod sagely and mumble "uh uh", "yes I see".

**serandfae** · 05-05-2010, 07:38 PM

I see. Hm. Yes, well then.

tim

**martintung** · 05-06-2010, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by serandfae

I'll question it, because it makes no sense whatsoever. A hegemon is a major political power, that would care absolutely nothing about web management or its continuity, and hegemons don't like being woven together or integrated, and despise synergy.

Someone has been playing a very bad game with the magnetic fifty cent words stuck to the refrigerator. It helps to know what said words actually mean in context.

Now, that said, for those who absolutely must define site management in managerial newspeak, namely your boss, tell him that the flow and process (continuity) with regard to design involves keeping the look fresh while keeping the user experience simple, to ensure return visits and return on investment. There, done.

tim

Enough said, I've told the director with what I've had everything in my mind in effort to impress and I did that with the receipt of commendation knowing that I had put quite much thoughts. Thanks guys.