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Agency Delivery
Scope, review and hand over client websites with clear budgets and maintenance responsibilities.
Practical guidance for scoping, reviewing and handing over client websites. Connect production tasks to a clear budget and an agreed maintenance responsibility.
Scope the engagement before generating pages
A client website is a delivery commitment: who supplies facts, who reviews claims, what the launch includes and who maintains the result. A convincing first draft does not settle these responsibilities. Record them while the project is still small enough to change.
The agency website delivery workflow covers the sequence from brief to handover. Use it to identify approval points and the operational work that continues after the initial build.
Make the quote comparable
Use the website budget worksheet to separate production, services, ongoing work and handoff. State the assumptions behind each estimate and what is excluded. A review round, a language version and a maintenance task need an owner as well as a price.
Verify the content before handover
For ongoing edits, apply the content refresh workflow. A client should be able to trace the requested change, the approved facts and the published result. If the project includes multiple markets, add the multilingual launch checklist and the hreflang audit.
Document who operates the finished site
Confirm domain and infrastructure ownership, administrator access, export terms, outstanding dependencies and a process for future changes. Do not assume that source delivery alone includes ongoing hosting or support. Keep credentials out of public project documents.
Compare these requirements with PolyDraft for agencies and current plan terms. For concrete delivery examples, inspect the website showcase. The guides help structure the engagement; they do not substitute for the client’s agreement.
Frequently asked questions
- What belongs in a handover checklist?
- Domain and infrastructure ownership, administrator access, content responsibilities, export terms and a documented path for future changes.
- How should recurring work be budgeted?
- Separate service subscriptions from operating hours, state the assumptions, and identify who approves work outside the agreed scope.
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