Top 5 Tips for Managing a Web Project
Published:Keep web projects moving forward and within budget. Get projects finished on time and keep your sanity.
1) Clearly Defined Project Scope
- Helps prioritize website goals
- Keeps team and client on the same page
- Reduces scope creep
- Save time, energy & money
- Helps set & manage expectations
2) Time Tracking
- Keeps everyone accoutable. Increases productivity
- Understand where time on a project is being allocated
- Give project managers a macro and micro view of a project
- Helps teams control billable hours and stay in budget
- Know front-end, backend, and revisions time and cost
3) Version Control
- Teams without it are living in the dark ages
- Allows small & big teams to collaborate on code effortlessly
- Teams can easily work on different parts of the project
- Keep your codebase and issue ticketing system in one place
- Each code commit shows whats been added and removed
4) Meet Routinely
- Keeps everyone accountable
- Builds client / agency relationship & rapport
- Helps create other project milestones
- Some things are easier to say face to face (or webcam)
- Better solutions can be discussed
5) Be nice
- Smile. It goes a long way.
- Bring (good) coffee for the team meetings
- Remember that you are working towards a common goal
- Instead of emailing "ok" try "sure thing"
- Teams that are treated better work better
