Laserfiche WebLink
<br />Executive Summary <br /> <br />Company Information and Project Overview <br />Pixelpushers Inc., dba Civica Software (Civica) is a California subchapter-S corporation which has <br />grown over the past decade to become one of the most successful and experienced local <br />government Website development companies in the US. As a company focused solely on <br />government, with installations in over 60 California agencies, we have developed a level of <br />professionalism that few vendors can match. <br /> <br />Civica proposes to partner with La Porte to design and implement an attractive, user-centric and <br />constituent-friendly Website that will meet or exceed your project goals. This site will incorporate <br />Civica's powerful content management system (CMS), assuring that its content is always current <br />because it can be easily maintained by existing staff with minimal training and no technical <br />expertise. <br /> <br />Your new Website will create a more personal interface with your audiences: your residents, <br />businesses and visitors, prospective residents and businesses, elected and appointed officials as <br />well as staff. This will enable management to enhance the level of service to the community. <br /> <br />Project Approach <br /> <br />Consultancy <br />Civica Software does not undertake a redesign of any of its client's Websites without a <br />comprehensive review of the existing site, a complete discussion of our findings as well as a wide- <br />ranging discussion of La Porte's goals and objectives. Our experience has shown that this <br />preparatory work is essential for us to understand both your immediate and long term desires. In <br />addition, in nearly all cases, the discussions undertaken in this phase reveal some important <br />elements of a "positioning" that were not obvious in the internal discussions associated with the <br />selection of a vendor. <br /> <br />While many see local governments as monolithic structures that all do the same thing, we know that <br />the more than 60 Civica Software clients each offered unique issues and challenges which had to be <br />understood before they could be resolved. Our track record speaks for itself as you will see in the list <br />of references we provide. We ask you to call any of them. We are proud of the results we have <br />delivered. The only way that level of success can be achieved is to know what, and with whom, the <br />client is seeking to communicate. We do that exceptionally well. <br /> <br />Website Design <br />Once the consultancy phase is completed, your new Website will be completely redesigned, making it <br />more graphically appealing, content rich, easy to navigate while clearly communicating the unique <br />image of La Porte. As importantly, the new Website will be easy for staff to manage, requiring no <br />technical skills. Updating will be dispersed throughout as many employees as you wish, enabling <br />each department to update its own portion of the site. <br /> <br />It will provide a unified La Porte theme though all departments. The City's branding will be <br />consistently displayed on every Web page, using Flash elements where appropriate. Yet, individual <br />departments will be able retain their personality. <br /> <br />Civica designers will interface closely with all departmental stakeholders throughout the entire <br />design phase to ensure not only that the new strong graphical direction reflects your unique <br />personality, but that it speaks directly to the various target audiences. All authorized stakeholders <br /> <br />Website Design and Implementation <br /> <br />Page 3 of 31 <br /> <br />February 28. 2008 <br />