Building Your Web Team

Bridgette Batten

Susan Harper

Steps to Building Your Team

Picking a captain Should have technical expertise Responsible for managing project Manages team members Infrastructure User issues

Steps to Building Your Team

Getting started (playbook)

Define expectations for site

Define goals

Hire additional personnel

Building Your Web Team (Playbook)

Strategy (management team) Define who will manage the groups and lead the

project Strategists help you set objectives and achieve them

by reasonable deadline

Design and user experience Technology

Programming System and network infrastructure

The Lineup

Webmaster

Information Architect

Designer

Programmers

System Administrator

Webmaster

Qualities to look for in a webmaster Lots of technical expertise Previous experience Web programming language and scripting

knowledge Management experience if will be managing a

staff

Webmaster

Responsibilities Often reports to executive producer Manages design, content, and technical staffs Directs the overall vision for your site Analyzes traffic flow Coordinates with sales staff or product staff

Information Architect(s)

Qualities to look for Previous project management or designer

experience Degree in field that has emphasis on

information handling Understand scalability issues Good communication skills

Information Architect(s)

Responsibilities Organizes content and tests site usability Engages in strategy planning Major communication link between the

administrative team and the development team

Designer(s)

Qualifications Artistic Familiar with graphic programs Web design experience Html HTML editors Image optimization software

Responsibilities Aesthetics of your site

Coder(s)

Qualifications HTML and JavaScript experience Compatibility issues Server issues Basic design principles Cascading style sheets

Responsibilities Front end programming

Programmer(s)

Qualifications Experience with HTML, DHTML, JavaScript,

database development, relational database design, internet protocols

Responsibilities Back-end programming

System Administrator

Qualifications NT or Unix certified Computer related degree Routing Client/server programming

System Administrator

Responsibilities Monitoring/maintenance Analysis and tuning of system Purchasing / vendors

Other Possible Needs

Database administrator Editorial staff Quality assurance technicians Team leads

Hiring / Recruiting Strategies

Determine pay grades Telecommuters Relocation Contracting