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Plan and Deliver a Successful Website Build
18th October 2011
Tuesday 23 August 2011
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All too common - clients and web
developers
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So who is to blame?
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Only two parties
1. You (client)2. The Developer
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You
• don’t know what you want• don’t know how to communicate it• never understand what a developer is
talking about• don’t really want to do web stuff• can’t give it time• have unrealistic expectations
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Web Developer
• doesn’t know what you want• is mediocre in the first place• is either a graphic designer or a geek -
neither think/communicate like a Normal person
• underprices the job• has too many layers
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Agenda
• Initial ideas on what you want and what you need - realistic expectations
• Writing a specification document - format and detail–business and customer requirements gathering
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Agenda (cont.)
• Running a tender process - selecting developers, shortlisting and interviewing
• Managing the build once a developer is selecting–Do you need a content strategy?
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...selection of slides from the workshop
Deciding what you want &
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2nd Challenge
• Around the time required from you–can’t be too much. Can it?–the web developer will be able to make
decisions on loads of the details - they are experienced. Aren't they?
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Solution
–Depending on the size of the build allow from a third to a half of your time once the build starts
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You have to take complete responsibility for the success
of the build project
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The Tender Process
Deciding what you want & the Build
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I would recommend
• Working with a selected short-list of developers if you can
• 5 is a good number to circulate your document to
• 3 weeks is a good time to give them to respond
• At least 3 to be interviewed
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• Designers
• Geeks
• Full service agencies
40 shades of web developers
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Graphic DesignTuesday 23 August 2011
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Print DesignTuesday 23 August 2011
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Web DesignTuesday 23 August 2011
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UI DesignTuesday 23 August 2011
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Full Service AgencyTuesday 23 August 2011
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SoftwareTuesday 23 August 2011
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You are looking for:
• A good to great site for themselves
• In business a couple of years is a bonus
• At least 3 to 5 people in the business
• A strong portfolio of which some are directly relevant
• Relevant platform expertise if integration is required
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You are looking for (more):
• Communications you can understand
• Individuals you get on with - and who will be actually working on your project
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–TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS. MOSTLY
–ie if the work on their site is substandard, or appears that way then that is what they will do for you
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You can and will change your mind during the build
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Every time you do that it will:a) cost you money
b) push out the timetable
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sign off....
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Sign off
• If you are following the “normal” website/software build these are messy
• A lot of stuff gets dumped on you quickly - with you expected to test it, consider it and decide on it–if you delay the build stops......–if you rush it you will absolutely miss important
elements of it
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Sign off - possible solutions
–On the initial timetabling get a week allowed (or 2, better still) for each sign off from you.
–Clear time for yourself and other internal people to spend on the build at those times.
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required from you....
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Content
–The developer is building an empty solution (usually)
–The time taken to assemble content - text, images, white papers, videos etc etc always, always extends the closing date of projects
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Content - Solutions
–Get content delivery built into build timetable–Use external resources if required
• photography• freelance journalist
–Consider time for a content strategy
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http://books.alistapart.com/products/the-elements-of-content-strategy
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18th October 2011
–book here: http://iia.ie/events/event/342/plan-and-deliver-a-successful-website/
–more on workshop presenter Keith Bohanna here: http://www.keithbohanna.com
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