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Keeping Your Project on Track

Keeping Your Project on Track. Project Managemnent. for the Web. Joint Application Development. JAD Your customer is the owner and final decision-maker. They want to, and should be, an integral part of the process. Follow up with them regularly and formally. Get it in Writing.

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Keeping Your Project on Track

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  1. Keeping Your Project on Track

  2. Project Managemnent for the Web

  3. Joint Application Development JAD Your customer is the owner and final decision-maker. They want to, and should be, an integral part of the process. Follow up with them regularly and formally.

  4. Get it in Writing • Protects both you and the customer from misunderstandings. • Gives focus and direction to the project. • Allows you to foresee needs and budget. • Avoids Scope Creep. • Clarifies “deliverables”. • Highlights customer’s responsibilities. • Gets you paid!

  5. Be Clear • Who is the site owner? Who do you really have to answer to? • Who has do do what by when? • Have customer review and sign off (and pay) at important milestones. Often beginning, middle, and end. • Summarize and write decisions. Send copies to all concerned parties.

  6. Avoiding Scope Creep • Wouldn’t it be neat if… • Oh! We forgot about the super-duper-whiz-bang feature! • Establish Phases. You can do more later. You can add more. Both developer and client can choose to work together or not in future. But stick to goals of agreement. • Sign them up for maintenance!

  7. Prototyping • Vertical: Design one vertical path such as one directory. • Horizontal: Design a page of each category.

  8. Project Plan - Goals • Expectation or Deliverable • Party Responsible (including customer responsibilities!) • Date Due

  9. Project Plan - Flowchart Page with Links Source: Webmastering for Dummies - IDG Books Terminating Page Database Script Script Link Task

  10. Style Guide • Template Pages • Color Palette • Font Sizes, Styles, and Relationships. What size are your headings? • Graphic Styles. • Image Sizes. • Bullets, Buttons. • Widths, Heights, and Sizes--Page Grids. • File Size Guidelines A qualified newcomer should be able to create a site page based solely on the style guide.

  11. Skills for a Web Team • Project Management • Information Architecture • Programming and Technical Skills • Graphic Design • Editorial - Content Development • Marketing • Customer Service

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