Day Camp 4 Developers #3: Project Management
30 Sep - 2 Oct 2011
at Online (FuzeMeeting.com)
Talk comments
Loved the focus on communication. Almost all problems can be headed off with excellent, continuous communication.
Interesting to see an Open Source project perspective, and in particular the observation that it's about people and community. The references back to Maslow's hierarchy of needs also felt particularly insightful and worth considering in other types of project. Liked the practical idea of using FAQs as indicators for areas of improvement, and having internal ratings for the quality of bug reports.
Interesting overview of the process, and some good observations about managing client expectations that I think are applicable regardless of the project or client - for example the guidelines on writing clear actionable email to clients and the change control process both look like things I can use in my own projects.
Next to a couple of more slides which is already mentioned multiple times, there could be some more words on the slides itself as well. Some highlights, some messages to take home etc.
I think it was interesting to hear a talk on freelancing and client relationships from someone who's not directly into programming!
Great talk. Event though it was targeted towards freelancer, a lot of the tips can be used for those who are not.
Great talk! I found the broad breakdown of people into "get it done"/"get it right"/"get along"/"get a pat on the back" (and the examples of how these can manifest themselves at the extremes) both insightful and memorable. I'm going to try and apply the suggestions to improving my own workplace (and personal) interactions. Also enjoyed the speaker's direct and engaging style!
Good talk, as already stated though, I agree that more slides would make a better presentation. Thank you!
Great Talk, would have liked to see more slides. Great food for thought for individual developers and small teams.
Excellent talk, with some great tips. Certainly took some things with that I'm going to work on.
Really enjoyed this talk and felt that the core message - that what makes people happy is seeing progress on their projects - is pretty profound in spite of its apparent simplicity. Although I'm not a freelancer it's definitely something that I'll be looking at doing in future (starting Monday!).