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By: Web designer

Web designer — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:00:38 +0000

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By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:02:03 +0000

As a project manager that specializes in Web Site Development I must agree that the trickiest part is to have the designer stay the designer and not just do everything that the client requests, The designer is the designer because he/she has the experience in website design. The second most important aspect is to have the correct Project Management Software. We recently made the move from Basecamp (very primitive as far as project management is concerned) to Clarizen project management software. This let use plan and corroborate online with our clients much more efficiently. So don't let your designer become a robot and use a good PM software and you should have a good start.

By: Miracle studios -- web design

Miracle studios -- web design — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:12:22 +0000

Nice post on managing the web designing projects…..

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By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:33:02 +0000

I like the part that stresses a tool that can continue to guide the client thought the project process. We use Vertabase that has the tools to visually keep a client on track. Vertabase 4 features include advanced resource planning, project tracking, time tracking, project dashboards and comprehensive document management. Vertabase 4 is written in Adobe ColdFusion and uses AJAX, JavaScript and Flash Video in its interface. Look at the following for an overview of that functionality: http://www.vertabase.com/news-project-management-discussion-collaboration-blogging.html

By: Oliver

Oliver — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:13:21 +0000

The article is very true. But it also depends on the client’s way of doing business. Explaining the client the way one would like to work at the first meeting (before even writing a proposal) is also necessary, at least from my perspective. Just a brief “this is the way I would like to work with you to achieve the best quality for both you and me”. Some understand, some don’t. It gives you a nice image of what to expect. And if your way of working and the clien’ts way of working are too different, you might consider even skipping this one for good. If you can afford to. Well.. most can’t .. but it’s nice to know one could.

By: Mark Abucayon

Mark Abucayon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:33:25 +0000

Great thoughts very helpful thanks for this one.

By: Maria

Maria — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:04:04 +0000

excellent article. That is why I always come back to Freelanceswitch

By: Mat

Mat — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:02:05 +0000

Andy. Great article. Clients are all different and have different buttons to push during the design process.

You are absolutely right that visual briefing is the most effective way to ensure that you understand the client’s needs.

Also, visual design collaboration tools beat email and/or PDF attachments hands down. You could also try ProofHQ (www.proofhq.com). It has solid visual mark-up tools and also manages versions neatly, so you can track comments on each version. Also manages client approvals to deadlines, which helps on some jobs.

By: Dino

Dino — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:21:22 +0000

I find the article very useful. I’ve been handling a lot of different clients lately particularly in web design and as Adrian said, no 2 clients are alike. It’s really hard to put into words your visually especially if you weren’t trained for that kind of thing. I’ll try out ConceptShare maybe it will help me make the explainin a lot easier.