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SUPER Projects for Freelancers (Short version)

SUPER Projects for Freelancers (Short version)

Jarne W. Beutnagel

May 27, 2013
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  1. • Divided into 4 phases 1) Initiation (project setup) 2)

    Plan (research, ideas & concept) 3) Production (design & development) 4) Completion (hand-in & delivery) OVERVIEW
  2. • Ensure alignment between client expectations and actual outcome •

    Communicate terms and conditions • Establish success criteria • Set up project structures
  3. • Ensure you know what to build and the client

    agrees • Lets the client see what goes into a project • Control the amount of client feedback involved • Get sign off before production
  4. • Separate overall plan from detail focus • Ensure early

    planning and assignment of resources • Put focus on the confirmation of each task
  5. Ways to confirm a task • Measurable • E.g. Reduce

    the image size to less than 100kb • Team Consensus • E.g. Make a character design that all team members find likable • User Validation • E.g. Develop a design that the user agree is “friendly, edgy and easy to use” • Captain’s Aye • E.g. Code supportive functionality for the “session” class where the developer of the class approves. • Individual Assessment • E.g. Create the code that will allow the user to login and test by the developer.
  6. • Prepare a high quality delivery • Get the final

    approval from the client • Give the client a chance to see it through, find mistakes and for you to correct them • Ensure that success criteria achieved