I think the best thing is to spend more time up front thinking about the layout. Use Balsamiq mockups and prototypes before writing code. You will, I think, sav

I think the best thing is to spend more time up front thinking about the layout. Use Balsamiq mockups and prototypes before writing code. You will, I think, save a large amount of time this way. We have, at my works, gone through a similar process that was drawn out over several years. We have been spending more time in the planning and design phase and it has cut development times significantly. The reason for this is exactly what you have described. Errors, QC no-gos, negative feedback from the client - these things lengthen project times. Here's a great idea that I believe worked well for us: do a postmortem. You don't need to publish it but it will help you think about what went wrong in each project and, more importantly, how to.avois it in the future. By project 3 or 4, the process will be like night and day.