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RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL
PROJECT TEAM
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ME‣ Strategy Director ‣ Sales & initial vision ‣ High level view throughout project ‣ Ran many projects, now help concentrate on how
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BLUELEAF
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-£105,210 OF FEES
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6 MONTHS LATE
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WHAT HAPPENED?
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TOPICS FOR TODAY
LEAD TEAM
TOOLSCHECKS PLAN
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LEAD
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THE WAY THE WEB SHOULD BE®
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RESPONSIBILITY‣ Responsible means you have the
ability to choose your response ‣ You are responsible for the team’s output ‣ You must shoulder that fully ‣ Any problems is eventually, your fault
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COMMON PROBLEMS‣ You have the wrong person ‣ You have the right person in the wrong seat ‣ You didn’t educate an individual enough ‣ You didn’t educate the team enough ‣ You didn’t follow the process enough
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BAD“Why the hell did you do it that way? Isn’t it obvious that’s the wrong way?”
“Just get it fixed ASAP and tell me so I can ship it / test it / shout more”
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GOOD“I’m sorry, it’s clear to me the request was easy to interpret a different way”
“I’ll write better requests in the future. For this one, could we do it this way?”
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PLAN
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THE WAY THE WEB SHOULD BE®
PROJECT JOURNEY
3 40 60 100 120
KICK OFF SPEC SIGNOFF
CLIENT UNHAPPY WITH DESIGNS
DEV ROADBLOCK LAUNCH
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THE WAY THE WEB SHOULD BE®
WHOLE JOURNEY
55 60 65 80 90
BA OFF SICK
CLIENT ON HOLIDAY
LEAD DEV HAS FUNERAL
SECURE MORE RESOURCE
HOSTING COMPANY FOLDS
KICK OFF SPEC SIGNOFF
CLIENT UNHAPPY WITH DESIGNS
DEV ROADBLOCK LAUNCH
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BUCKET OF PAIN‣ Poor planning fills bucket of pain ‣ Poor detail in specification ‣ Lack of clear scope ‣ All fill the bucket ‣ Bucket pours on project in later stages
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TEAM
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THE LONE RANGER
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LONE RANGER‣ Setting up ‘own way’ of working ‣ If off, everyone dreads looking at the work ‣ Resists change ‣ Chance to change but don’t hang around -
they are very damaging
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THE WEAK LINK
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THE WEAK LINK‣ Not reliable ‣ Messages / conversations get lost / not
relayed to the right people ‣ Client thinks all is fine ‣ No one realises until it’s too late
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THE PERFECTIONIST
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THE PERFECTIONIST‣ The enemy of progress ‣ Attitude can really affect team moral ‣ Can create commercial black holes
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A CULT OF HIGH STANDARDS‣ Everyone does things the same way ‣ Everyone holds each other accountable ‣ No fear of challenging each other to do better ‣ Adopt a set of well known standards as a base
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VALUES‣ Know your team values ‣ All teams are different - know thyself ‣ Hire/fire based on those values
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BLUELEAF VALUES‣ Know your team values ‣ All teams are different - know thyself ‣ Hire/fire based on those values
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DON’T WAIT!‣ If you’re a small team do this now ‣ So much harder to do it later ‣ Makes it much easier to hire/fire based on fit
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TOOLS
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TOOLS TO SUCCEED‣ Less important what they are ‣ More important that they exist ‣ And there’s a process to use them well ‣ Don’t make good work hard work
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CHECKS
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QUALITY IS AN ATTITUDE
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GOOD TESTING TAKES TIME
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QUALITY ASSURANCE‣ Design QA - Lead designer ‣ Specification QA - Producer / BA ‣ Fresh eyes QA - Outside project ‣ Normo QA - non agency / client person
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TESTING DONE WELL‣ Project Managers shouldn’t test ‣ Developers shouldn’t test (end to end) ‣ Shockingly, testers should test ‣ Crowd testing available
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BAKE IN QUALITY‣ All code reviewed and approved ‣ All designs reviewed and approved ‣ Automate dev testing via TDD & tools ‣ Never accept “I’ll do it later”
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CONCLUSION
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CONTACTS‣ [email protected] ‣ @rob_smith ‣ 07736 319 735 ‣ If you want to work with us or join us!