Are all web developers cowboys?
Latest research indicates that web designers are cowboys. Is this true? What is the perception of business owners of the web design industry and why do they see it as filled with cowboys and rogues?
Are all web designers cowboys? is the outcome of new research into the industry from internet marketing consultancy Business for Business Internet Marketing Ltd who have been researching over the last three years.
Their book Internet Marketing How to get a Website that Works for Your Business, was part of the outcomes of the research and has assisted thousands of marketing executives and web designers.
What is your experience? Read the article and respond here. Let me know if it is true.
Are all web designers cowboys? is the outcome of new research into the industry from internet marketing consultancy Business for Business Internet Marketing Ltd who have been researching over the last three years.
Their book Internet Marketing How to get a Website that Works for Your Business, was part of the outcomes of the research and has assisted thousands of marketing executives and web designers.
What is your experience? Read the article and respond here. Let me know if it is true.
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Permalink Reply by Darren Floyd on -
I'd have to say no. In my experience Web Developers need direction and management. Problems arise when they haven't been briefed correctly and if they're bored!
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Permalink Reply by Dan Sargent on -
"You need to form a good relationship with your web developer because you will be working with them for a long time, and the first step to a successful relationship is sorting out the communication."
Amen
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Permalink Reply by Dafydd Rees on -
Hi Nigel,
These issues are nothing to do with web development - it's project management.
I can see how writing a document up front is better than nothing - and it probably will work on tiny, simple websites - but you're going to experience other problems quite soon when you scale up from there.... and then you can write "are all project managers cowboys..."
You're just rediscovering old software business problems... that we've gotten over years ago.
Thought you might appreciate this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dafydd_ll_rees/4153535730/in/photostream/
;-)
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Permalink Reply by Mat Wigley on -
Yes Nigel, they are!
They are all lazy, late risers, looking for an easy buck by playing around with a few layers in photoshop and chucking it through dreamweaver for a grand or more.
No, I jest. They must be made to feel valued and part of the team with a real stake in the outcome.
Also, a proper brief helps from a client who knows their own mind!
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