There were enough reoccurring reminders this week that drove the need to share these tips with you.
1. Get input from all parties. If you’re working on a website or (insert your project here), talk to the developers, the client, the creative team, your close friends and experts in the industry. I’m probably missing a few folks you ought to talk to, but the more variety you have, the more information and tools you are equipped to lead with. Turns out the more parties you get input from, the more original the project ends up being, too.
2. Think ahead to where you will over invest and under invest. It’s this exact trend of there being no such thing as a steady project that makes the work worth it. It’s why we have professionals to lead projects and it’s the main reason some projects fail and others succeed. You’ll never have a project where every part to it takes the same amount of money or the same amount of time or resources. You’ll need to decide what’s most important on the project and what’s the least. Do that as early as possible and you’ll save your pocketbook, your friendships, your time and energy.
3. There’s no such thing as a map … until you make one. At least, there’s no map to success, no guarantee and there’s not enough reassurance you’ll get to make you feel confident in the success of your project. The closest you can get is to build the map yourself. Construct the timeline, the tasks, the responsibilities and the team. The only (and best, IMO) map you can have is the one you make yourself, but it takes guts to make it.
Stay Positive & Go Make A Ruckus
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