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An article on the BBC website states a shocking statistic that 97% of website's tested by website Accessibility Agency "Nomensa" are failing the disabled … Read More »
An article on the BBC website states a shocking statistic that 97% of website's tested by website Accessibility Agency "Nomensa" are failing the disabled … Read More »
So, you’ve tested the site and are approaching the sign-off phase but before you can jump the last hurdle the client turns around to you and says, “Well actually, I’d like it to do….” You check back through your Technical Requirements Specification and lo … Read More »
Anyone can benefit from Mentoring, even (or should that be especially?!) your Manager. The idea behind the knowledge transfer will not (as some may think) weaken your position/standing in the company but actually increase it, plus will provide you with extra time to do … Read More »
Testing is the most important part of the whole web production process. I don’t care what anybody else tells you – listen to me, not them! At a company I once worked for (who shall remain nameless for obvious reasons!), we released a rather … Read More »
This is the 9th installment of my “Managing Web Projects” series. Apologies for the delay in getting back on track with it but for some reason I’ve been suffering a severe bout of procrastination. Anyway, I digress, on with the show! As mentioned in … Read More »
Before you being to plan your design, you should first consider whether it will be: A full re-brand Web presence only Whilst this will be set out in the Technical Requirements Specification (TRS), it will directly impact how you go about the design. For … Read More »
The Technical Requirements Specification (TRS - Also known as a Functional Requirements Specification) scopes out all aspects of the project, from what platforms the website will run on, whether users have to have cookies enabled, down to databases, site and database architecture and testing … Read More »
Now that you have written the Technical Requirements Specification you know the scope of the project, the workload, rough time-scales and should now be able to work out what team members you need. How you decided to build your team will be dependant on … Read More »
Quoting for a job can be quite a tricky business and it's all too easy to under or over estimate the true cost. Under-estimate and you'll be out of pocket, over-estimate and you'll be out of a job! So, how do we go about … Read More »
Before I start this entry I’d just like to stick in the following disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, anything you read here is general advice only and I’d strongly recommend getting a good contract lawyer to draw up your contract(s) for you. Right, … Read More »