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Why might a two-page website be worth more to a client than a twenty-page one?

Imagine one client needs two pages to make an essential service understandable, while another needs twenty pages of rarely used background. Page count and working hours describe the deliverable, but they do not establish the value of its outcome. The missing information is what each client needs the website to achieve.

3–7 min

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  • What evidence would support a claim about the website’s value?

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