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Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Managing Web Projects -- I recently came across Flipping Heck, by web development manager Katy Whitten. She's got some pretty good stuff in there, especially a current series-in-progress on managing web projects, for which she's up to the fifth sixth installment.
#1 - The Brainstorm - A mindmap laying out the scope - what's involved in getting and doing web development work.
#4 - The Quote - Rates and work estimates, but not much about dates, unless her "word of warning" to "add on extra" is her means of translating work to duration.
As you can see, she's already up to step 5 6 and has only gotten to [one step beyond] commitment to do the job - the contract. Success in web development is far more than just doing good work.
It also requires getting the work. [Then the fun starts.]
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