Make Post-Launch a Success (Presented at Ground Control Conf in London, April 2017) It’s launch day! You and your team have worked hard to achieve this — the moment when you release your client’s website into the wild, ready to go off and live on its own. But wait! Is the client’s team equipped to handle the growing needs of their new website? Who will be making needed updates? Are other team members involved in content maintenance decisions? And will your client be able to deal with the design and development needs of the site as the site’s purpose grows? Join us as we work together in this hands-on workshop to start taking better care of our web projects by thinking…
The Search for the Holy Grail: Creating Tools and Processes for Your Team Originally presented at the Digital PM Summit, Austin, TX October 2014. Share and save the slideshow here.
Over the next few weeks I’d like to document the process I’ve gone through to switch to working for myself full-time, the applications I use to stay organized, what I’m learning as I go, and how I’m managing my schedule. I always love looking back on this stuff for myself, and I have small hopes that some people might be interested in reading this as well! I know I’m always curious about what other people do and what their workflow is. The conditions that existed for me to choose to go freelance full-time were perfect (in my opinion). 1. I was willing to quit my job. This was the first, and biggest condition in choosing to work for myself. I…