Seven Easy Pieces

 

"An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it"  Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)

The web producer has one of the hardest and least appreciated jobs in web development, requiring a constant balance between motivating the development team, keeping the client happy, keeping the project on track and bringing in the project on time, under budget and to the client’s satisfaction.  It’s hard enough just getting the job done. Doing the job really well requires plenty of experience and a huge leap in quality. Well, I can’t help you with the experience part, but I may be able to help you make that leap.

Here are seven habits that, if adopted, can help you in your quest to become a highly successful web producer.

1. Stay formally trained in IT project management.
Back in the old days when the web was much simpler and more static, you could get by with some common sense, good instincts and a good book or two. Now, with the advent of e-commerce and e-business, web sites are quickly becoming mission-critical properties that can make or break a business. Accordingly, e-business projects have to be treated more like software projects than, say, online marketing brochures.

You will be working with clients and translating their business requirements and user-centered design practices into functional and organizational specifications, schedules, work breakdown …

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