Timeline guide
Corporate Website Timeline Guide
Focused sites commonly require 4–8 weeks; CMS-backed mid-market platforms often require 8–16 weeks. Enterprise governance, migration, accessibility, localization, and integration work can extend delivery.
What this guidance assumes
- Stakeholders can review content and design on schedule
- Required content ownership is defined
- Hosting, analytics, and integration access are available
Critical-path and timeline drivers
- Information architecture and template count
- Content readiness, CMS modeling, and migration
- Accessibility, analytics, CRM, and structured data
- Localization, governance, and custom functionality
Typical delivery stages
- 01Content and information architecture
- 02Design system and approval
- 03CMS and frontend implementation
- 04Migration, accessibility, QA, and launch
What commonly causes delays
- Late or incomplete content
- Extended stakeholder approvals
- Unmapped redirects or analytics
- Integration and migration surprises
Dependencies outside engineering control
- Copywriting, photography, and translation unless scoped
- CMS and third-party subscriptions
- Ongoing content operations
Cost and timeline are connected
Scope changes affect engineering effort and elapsed time differently. Parallel work can shorten a calendar schedule only when decisions and dependencies are ready.
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