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Tag Archives: project management
Learn From My Mistakes™: So You Want To Be A Success
A friend and former coworker of mine is venturing into business for himself: a “have IA – will travel” enterprise, if you will. He’s enjoyed my past entries about freelance and has mentioned (more than once) that we should talk … Continue reading
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Tagged clients, communication, DIY, freelance, IA, keep it simple, preparation, project lifecycle, project management, risk management
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Manage almost any client relationship
A friend on LiveJournal asked me* to write a little something about managing client relationships. I assume this question is the product of countless less-than-ideal clients who could have made people’s lives a lot easier if they were ideal. Yes, … Continue reading
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Tagged client management, clients, communication, compromise, design, project management, relationships, risk management, users
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Ms Miriam Aarons: Patron Saint of Freelance Design
Charging by the hour tells your clients that you mean business. Time is money and you’re keeping the meter running with every meeting and phone conference. No matter how many times I set limits on design iterations or halted work when … Continue reading
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Tagged design, flat-fee, freelance, keep it simple, Miriam Aarons, project management, Sylvia Fowler, The Women, time management
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Web Design: A Primer
Last Saturday evening I received an e-mail from a friend: I wonder if you have already developed, from lots and lots of years of cohorts asking you stuff like this, a primer à la So You’re Thinking of Freelance Web Design … Continue reading
Great Client Expectations
Get burned enough times and you find yourself coming up with trademark phrases like Learn From My Mistakes™. A lot of little mistakes with past projects added up to one giant mistake: overlooking the importance of risk management. During the … Continue reading
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Tagged clients, communication, preparation, project lifecycle, project management, risk management
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