Planning and Working on Projects

In this episode we dive deep on how to tackle projects, whether they be something for the company, or something for a client. We take a look at the tools we use to organize it all, and how we stay on top of working in a small team. Segment 1 - Idea Filtering Brainstorming and how to track it all Jot down informal notes, even if ideas are obviously bad Sleep on your ideas - don't develop them too much too quickly or you'll get ahead of yourself Sometimes you get a "packed idea" that needs attention immediately Bouncing ideas off of technical and non-technical people Live prototyping of easy to try ideas Having meetings to filter the good from the bad Grilling each others ideas - will the product make it in the market? Segment 2 - Planning With and Using Tools Using a variety of tools for communication and organization Examples: Slack, Twist, Monday.com, Asana, Git (gitlab, github, bitbucket), email/contacts/calendar, trello, etc. Our procedure on handling projects that we do for ourselves (for Digital Dynasty Design) Day to day tools including things like: Google Hangouts, Git, OneDrive, Trello, Asana Segment 3 - Client Work vs Personal Projects Matt works on small business client work as well as any projects that Digital Dyansty Design has running Mike focuses on client works and assists with Digital Dynasty Design projects whenver he can We treat client projecs differently than our own projects Get client objectives written down crystal clear Cost analysis Deadlines Design suggestions and comparative materials Daily Meetings Dealing with client and personal schedule needs Segment 4 - Completion and Accountability Accountability is difficult when you're your own boss Need dicipline and hard deadlines that you need to keep Sometimes deadlines need to be changed due to project changes or other issues, but don't make a habit of it Fill out a log book to keep track of the work you do on a daily basis Web News - Stress When Deploying to Production  Even senior developers get stress when they are pushing to production Make backups, make an easy recovery path if possible Test everything you can to prepare You can find us on... Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Medium | YouTube | GitHub | Spotify