Five Best Tips To Keep Your Web Project On Course

From working on web projects over the years, we’ve found that when we help our clients understand and practice the following tips, they have the best experience and results when producing their web project.

1 ) Keep It Simple—
Plan your project with only the essentials. You can usually add phases later if you really need them. In our experience, businesses often don’t use the features they thought they wanted or needed. Clients also underestimate how long it takes to acquire the content (text and images) they need to build their website. If you keep the project slim, you’re more likely to launch the site near your target date.

2) Get Everyone Involved At the Beginning—

This is important for two reasons:

A) Timing – Make sure everyone provides and honors their own time commitments. This ensures the likelihood of getting an accurate and realistic schedule. Odds are that everyone, including you, is responsible for other obligations. So take everything into consideration when scheduling.

B) Expert advice— When projects span or overlap different areas of expertise, there always are little issues that play a larger factor in how the project can be produced. Try to get everyone together to discuss the steps, and to anticipate possible challenges.

3) Establish a Point Person—
It's critical that a single person in your organization be assigned to collect assets, to gather content and updates from department managers, subject experts, etc. and to organize internal meetings. Someone needs to be accountable for the project on your end, or it may never materialize.

4) Hold progress meetings—
The important part of holding a meeting is to discuss progress and address emerging challenges. But don’t let the meetings themselves become a problem. Project size and complexity determine the frequency, formality and location of the meeting. Keep a record of your project’s progress, and share it with everyone.

5) Expect the Unexpected—
Without going overboard, have backup plans for important projects where timing really matters. The bigger the project, the more likely delays will be bigger as well. When planning projects that take months to complete, expect that, yes, life will still happen. That means you still need to deal with people getting ill, or handle other unexpected emergencies or duties. Without backups, small issues can sometime snowball and affect systems or plans.

While you can’t plan realistically for all unexpected scenarios, we’ve found that these general guidelines will help you achieve success, and gain a positive experience when producing your web project. For more on these tips and how to implement them in your organization, please feel free to contact us by phone or email.

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