Does your IT project hurt?

If your IT projects hurt, you are far from alone. There are many reasons why these things go wrong, even with smart people and good intentions all around.

Martin Michael Frederiksen is a self-proclaimed grumpy project realist, and a seasoned Danish software executive. He recently created a top 10 list with the usual painful symptoms which caused some good debate on social media. As it turns out, all these digital projects we've been doing still have a success rate with plenty of room for improvement.

In a recent member call, we reviewed his list of usual pains, and extended his list of helpful tricks.

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Understanding the 24 phases of web projects

Building and managing a web project is a big, complex process — one that branches far beyond the phases directly in front of us.

On one hand, there’s the multi-disciplinary nuts and bolts work of creating the site itself. But beyond that, there’s the connective points — the ideas, the strategy, the decision making, and the upkeep. Even if you’re an expert in your field, it can still be a struggle to find context across the entire project landscape.

With The Web Project Guide, Corey Vilhauer and Deane Barker teamed up to bridge those gaps to help understand how each stage of the website process fits in with the next.

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