Working with Web Developers

1 Million Project for 50k

Posted May 9th, 2008 by Vladimir
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Do less work – do it efficiently.
You start with a million budget but then recall the 80-20 rule (or Pareto Principle)  which states that, for many events, 80% of the effects comes from 20% of the causes. If you apply it successfully you will need only 1/5th of the budget. That’s 200k.
Then there are numerous studies that have demonstrated that productivity of developers and teams vary by at least factor of 10. So if you find and hire the most effective team, you will cut your cost again. OK, maybe it is exceptionally difficult to find such a team, and when you found it you will find out that it is busy with other work. And 20k sounds unrealistic, as they are an overhead of ceremonies: communications, documentation etc. But 50k is very realistic (in practice meaning a small team working on a project for 3 to 6 months).
All sounds good, but difficult in practice! That’s what we are set to explore in this blog: how to put 1m for 50k theory in practice:
How to find, hire and work with highly productive software development teams.
How to improve your work with your software developer and get the best value out of them.

Controling the scope of a project in web development

Posted December 19th, 2007 by IrinaP
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When you work on a large development project, controlling the scope and changes is a very important task. Otherwise, the project could end up becoming unprofitable.

How to: Write a Design Brief for a Web Site

Posted October 16th, 2007 by NickJ
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Why do I need to write a design brief?

 

You have an idea for a web site (or, for that matter, a product) and you have ideas about how it should look; but how do you get these across to a designer?

 

With a design brief.

 

In a design brief you will set out the goals, objectives and key stages of your project and hand this to a design agency (or web developer).

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