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Developer: You are the Project Manager
1. Developer: You are
the Project Manager
(Whether you like it or not)
Presented by: Rachel Baker
@rachelbaker
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
2. “The Most Important
Non-Technical Lessons I
Learned Running a
WordPress Development
Business for the Past Year
and 30 Days”
Presented by: Rachel Baker
@rachelbaker
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
3. Rachelʼs Lesson #1
Remember, not everyone
knows what a developer
really does.
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
4. Aspects of a Web Project
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
5. Aspects of a Web Project
• Strategy
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
6. Aspects of a Web Project
• Strategy
• Goals
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
7. Aspects of a Web Project
• Strategy
• Goals
• Content
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
8. Aspects of a Web Project
• Strategy
• Goals
• Content
• Architecture
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
9. Aspects of a Web Project
• Strategy
• Goals
• Content
• Architecture
• SEO
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
10. Aspects of a Web Project
• Strategy
• Goals
• Content
• Architecture
• SEO
• Design
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
11. Aspects of a Web Project
• Strategy
• Goals
• Content
• Architecture
• SEO
• Design
• Usability
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
12. Aspects of a Web Project
• Strategy
• Goals
• Content
• Architecture
• SEO
• Design
• Usability
• Accessibility
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
13. Aspects of a Web Project
• Strategy
• Goals
• Content
• Architecture
• SEO
• Design
• Usability
• Accessibility
• 7/30 - 7/31/11Yada
#WCChicago
Yada Yada
14. Rachelʼs Lesson #2
Once a website project
reaches the developer - it is
the developerʼs responsibility
to take ownership for the rest
of the project.
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
15. “With great power comes
great responsibility”
- Ben Parker, Wise Uncle
(actually originally written by Voltaire; the French writer,
historian and philosopher)
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16. Rachelʼs Lesson #3
We are not just Developers.
We are project managers,
consultants, counselors and
therapists for our clients.
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
17. Rachelʼs Lesson #4
We know more than we think
we do. Speak up when you
think something can be done
to better a website project.
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
18. “Fear is the path to the dark
side. Fear leads to anger.
Anger leads to hate. Hate
leads to suffering.”
- Yoda, Jedi Master
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19. Rachelʼs Lesson #5
Use a project management
system - and really use it.
Assign anyone and everyone
tasks and milestones and
MANAGE THE PROJECT.
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11
20. “Try not. Do... or do not.
There is no try”
- Yoda, Jedi Master
Image credit:
#WCChicago 7/30 - 7/31/11 the Helpforge Project
21. “Move along.
Nothing to see here.”
- Clancy Wiggum, Chief of Police
Questions??
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