Controlling the Triple Constraint – The Key to WordPress Project Success
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Controlling the Triple Constraint – The Key to WordPress Project Success

Website development projects are typically complex. And, just as a carpenter must consider the alignment of joints, a website developer has to think about three different constraints when managing their project: scope, time, and cost. This is known as the Triple Constraint because one of these elements is always dependent on at least one of…

Essential Project Management Processes Every Agency Needs
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Essential Project Management Processes Every Agency Needs

If you’ve been following me for any time at all, you know I talk about the Six Productivity Principles for WordPress Project Success – ALL. THE. TIME. But they changed my life. That’s so trite these days but in this case, it’s true. These principles changed everything about the way I do any kind of…

Why You Need an Acceptance Management Plan in Your WordPress Practice

Why You Need an Acceptance Management Plan in Your WordPress Practice

This is the Episode 2 of my new Video Series “Can We Talk About Your WordPress Projects?” AND, this is the 1st in a series that details all the repeatable processes and plans a WordPress Agency or individual provider should have defined as a basis for a good project management approach to WordPress website development…

Why We Use a 2-Step WordPress Project Proposal Approach
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Why We Use a 2-Step WordPress Project Proposal Approach

It is a “given” that all WordPress practitioners will complete an estimate at the beginning of a project.  The problem is, in many cases, the initial estimate is also the final estimate. Estimating should not be a onetime affair.  At WP Roadmaps, our policy is to estimate at the Proposal phase; estimate when the Statement…

The Importance of a WordPress Project Acceptance Management Plan
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The Importance of a WordPress Project Acceptance Management Plan

On any web development project, WordPress or not, delivering a result that the client accepts is not always easy.   Too often, the developers sequester themselves while they work on the project and then emerge with what they think is the perfect solution, only to have the client reject it.  Sometimes this is the result of…