http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/06/its-not-just-what-you-do/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:59:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/06/its-not-just-what-you-do/#comment-13723 Jason Batten Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:54:55 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/06/its-not-just-what-you-do/#comment-13723 Good work. Another kick up the bum we all need to hear from time to time :) Good work. Another kick up the bum we all need to hear from time to time :)

]]> http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/06/its-not-just-what-you-do/#comment-13614 Sojan80 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:30:02 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/06/its-not-just-what-you-do/#comment-13614 Good one Andrew. Thanks for that. As I am getting ready to start a new project I'll try to keep those tips in mind. Good one Andrew. Thanks for that. As I am getting ready to start a new project I’ll try to keep those tips in mind.

]]> http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/06/its-not-just-what-you-do/#comment-13599 busyboy Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:40:31 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/06/its-not-just-what-you-do/#comment-13599 Indeed. One situation I remember a couple years ago: I had started a project with a busy client who turned out to have a lot of turnover problems. My contact person kept shifting, his staffers were perpetually buried in work, and the project suffered. Though we didn't formalize things too much, we had worked out the flow of things. I should've spoken up and suggested a new communication flow (or even left, since this continued for months) when I got the tag-team treatment--it was hurting their project. Whether you like it or not, project management is ultimately up to you. When I take this approach, clients appreciate my looking out for them. Indeed. One situation I remember a couple years ago: I had started a project with a busy client who turned out to have a lot of turnover problems. My contact person kept shifting, his staffers were perpetually buried in work, and the project suffered.
Though we didn’t formalize things too much, we had worked out the flow of things. I should’ve spoken up and suggested a new communication flow (or even left, since this continued for months) when I got the tag-team treatment–it was hurting their project.
Whether you like it or not, project management is ultimately up to you. When I take this approach, clients appreciate my looking out for them.

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