Planning and Working on Projects
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In this episode we dive deep on how to tackle projects, whether they be something for the company, or something for a client. We take a look at the tools we use to organize it all, and how we stay on top of working in a small team.

Segment 1 - Idea Filtering

• Brainstorming and how to track it all

• Jot down informal notes, even if ideas are obviously bad

• Sleep on your ideas - don't develop them too much too quickly or you'll get ahead of yourself

• Sometimes you get a "packed idea" that needs attention immediately

• Bouncing ideas off of technical and non-technical people

• Live prototyping of easy to try ideas

• Having meetings to filter the good from the bad

• Grilling each others ideas - will the product make it in the market?

Segment 2 - Planning With and Using Tools

• Using a variety of tools for communication and organization

• Examples: Slack, Twist, Monday.com, Asana, Git (gitlab, github, bitbucket), email/contacts/calendar, trello, etc.

• Our procedure on handling projects that we do for ourselves (for Digital Dynasty Design)

• Day to day tools including things like: Google Hangouts, Git, OneDrive, Trello, Asana

Segment 3 - Client Work vs Personal Projects

• Matt works on small business client work as well as any projects that Digital Dyansty Design has running

• Mike focuses on client works and assists with Digital Dynasty Design projects whenver he can

• We treat client projecs differently than our own projects

• Get client objectives written down crystal clear

• Cost analysis

• Deadlines

• Design suggestions and comparative materials

• Daily Meetings

• Dealing with client and personal schedule needs

Segment 4 - Completion and Accountability

• Accountability is difficult when you're your own boss

• Need dicipline and hard deadlines that you need to keep

• Sometimes deadlines need to be changed due to project changes or other issues, but don't make a habit of it

• Fill out a log book to keep track of the work you do on a daily basis

Web News - Stress When Deploying to Production 

• Even senior developers get stress when they are pushing to production

• Make backups, make an easy recovery path if possible

• Test everything you can to prepare

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