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Web Design Podcast (15) – Project Management

Posted in Podcast on: Monday, November 28, 2005 by Paul Boag

Project management lies at the heart of a successful web project. This week Paul and Marcus discuss project management and look at was to ensure your web projects run smoother.

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Whether you are a manager working with in house , a client commissioning a third party agency or a web designer working on a site, it is vital that you have good project processes in place.

In this podcast, we cover:

  • Setting criteria
  • Writing statements of work
  • Handling disputes
  • Managing changes
  • Setting milestones
  • Running kick off meetings
  • Ensuring successful sign off

However, most of all we look at ensuring good between client, developer and designer to ensure successful completion of your site.

Boagworld.com news

The boagworld.com podcast will stop over the Christmas break with our last show going out on the 12th December. We will start again on the 9th January 2006.

Design 101 Podcast

The next episode goes out on the week beginning the 5th December and will provide an introduction to front end interface design. If you have any questions or comments on this subject make sure you email them to Paul before this date

Christmas special

Our final podcast of 2005 will on the week beginning the 12th December and is our Christmas special. I hope that this will be largely based on your feedback. We are looking to cover:

  • Your top 5 favourite new sites of 2005
  • Your top 5 web developments of 2005
  • The top 5 things that annoy you about the web
  • Examples of the worst Christmas sites you can find (extra points if you built it yourself!)

Please email your votes to Paul before the 5th December.

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  • Wrote before about how I really enjoy your podcast.
    Soon I am going to FTP the implementations of many of the suggestions you have given your listeners to my sites.
    Great content on each podcast and somehow your podcast do help me go to sleep at night as well..
    Wondering if you could explain how (as a podcast feature)
    how Marcus Lillington went from being a guitarist for Breathe (2 major hits in the U.S.) to Web Design?
    Maybe you could do this during in lieu of the crazy U.S. laws one show?
    Thanks…

  • joe says:

    I thought this podcast was great! I do have one question though. Once the project is won when is the client paying? In other words at what point does the client put down some money for the job? Also how much money is paid, percentage wise? Like 25% at the signing of the contract and the rest when the deliverables are received?

  • Paul Boag says:

    To be honest this is negotiated with the client on a case by case basis however normally we look for somekind of payment up front, followed by a middle payment attached to a specfic milestone and then the rest on completion.

  • This edition comprises of all the basic features of an Issue Tracking Software and is best suited for small to mid sized project teams.

  • David Bardwell says:

    I’ve been trying to find some Microsoft Project plan templates for web design projects. Have you guys ever tried using this software for web projects? I liken developing a web design project plan to planning the weather–but I’d still like to get my hands on some templates if you or any of your listeners know where I find one. Thanks.

  • Jones says:

    Mpp Viewer (100% Free). View 2000-2007 mpp files with this online gantt chart, without the need to download an application.
    http://www.egantt.co.uk/mpp-viewer.htm
    Fast and simple, very effective when you need to share/communicate task data to your team members/clients without the cost of extra Microsoft Project Licences.

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Additional Information

Produced by Headscape

Boagworld is produced by the web design agency Headscape founded by Marcus, Paul and Chris Scott. Headscape also has a number of other talented guys who blog. Check them out.

  • Craig Rowe is one of our amazing developers and writes some superb posts on everything from .net to AIR apps.

  • Ed Merritt is a Headscape designer who's blog contains examples of his work and a number of free Wordpress themes.

  • Dave McDermid is a Headscape developer who has an excellent blog. He blogs on everything from AJAX to security.

  • Rob Borley is one of our project managers and blogs regularly on client and project management issues.

  • Leigh Howells is our multimedia design guru (whatever one of those is). He blogs on a mixture of design and music.

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