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
Terminating Page
Database Script
Script
Link
Task
Source: Webmastering for Dummies - IDG Books

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