Validation of web site design

Abstract

A well-designed Website is critical to the success of e-commerce. However, many websites does not show a satisfactory level of usefulness. The construction, assessment, and improvement all are essential for the work of design. Most of the studies in the related literature only focus on one of the aspects. There is a lack of a framework to incorporate them to form a complete work cycle of Web design. One central work is to validate the Web design to ensure meeting the design requirements and performance goal. In this paper, we propose an integrated framework based on concepts of transformation of system development process and formulation of design requirement. Validation, similar to compiling and running time check, means to authenticate a Website’s design structure and anticipated performance. The research depicts a systematic and structural way to integrate the work of construction, assessment, and improvement for a Website design. The integrated approach offers a complete work cycle framework on a continuous improvement basis. The research also sheds the light on several potential research topics with a view to further exploring interesting and sophisticated Web issues.