Businesses that take a proactive approach to legacy system modernization gain an advantage by improving workflows, reducing costs, and integrating with emerging technologies. On the other hand, organizations that delay modernization often find themselves constrained by outdated infrastructure that slows progress, limits future opportunities, and endlessly frustrates their teams and system users.
A client came to me today who’s trying to disrupt a billion-dollar industry, but made the same three mistakes that I see new entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, specifically non-technical ones, making over and over.
You can’t have a business led by a team of followers, you need leaders. People who have the skills to take the organization to the next level, own their responsibilities, push the organization forward, and then grow their own great leaders.
The Importance of Proper Project Management & Billing practices in the Harvest Time Tracking App As a business, it is imperative to keep track of all billable hours to ensure that no revenue is lost. One way to achieve proper billing practices is by utilizing the...
Most people are averse to confrontation. Especially confrontations where they could be painted in a negative light.
But there are ways to broach the topic of payment without coming off like Uncle Scrooge. Take a look at our list of tips to help ensure you always get paid while improving your relationships with clients.
Open doors by choosing your focus. Here’s how specializing leads to more opportunities and more profit.
All work, at any level in the organization, should be double-checked by somebody. That does not mean that the owner of the business should be looking over the collective shoulders of every employee in every department. That’s neither desirable nor feasible.
We want to make sure that we have plenty of time for conversations and time planned for internal company exchanges at clients’ businesses. We need to be able to send data out and get data back from the client and account for this time in our projections. Without time budgeted for this, you won’t be able to manage the project well, and things will start to fall apart!
Scope creep is an uncontrolled growth in the scope of a project. This happens because of an unclear initial scope of work which is then added to with a lack of checks and balances in project management processes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxV1KULezdc When you're running an agency, or really any business for that matter, it's almost always mid to high-level stress. Which is why you NEED to think about your strategies and execution before acting. The business is busy, and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBQJ8AWnAOQ Knowing your priorities is one of the most important things you can do in life and in business. When you know your priorities, you can make decisions that you stand by every time. Here is a story about how I learned what was...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpLlEY-yN_U Are Inaccurate Estimates Killing Your Business? This is something that happened yesterday and today that I want to share with you. We were working on creating estimates for a fair sized project, perhaps a 3 or 4 month...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPa8Y3aJl4g A Proposal And An SOW Are Not The Same Thing! So many design, marketing, and even web development agencies do not have a clear understanding of a project scope of work vs. a project proposal. Many companies include only one...
A guest post from biz-dev hero Mark Thomasson Freelancing comes with plenty of perks and difficulties. Scope creep can be one of the greatest obstacles in the world of a freelancer, and with substantial consequences. When you fall into a situation where your workload...
Writing a Scope of Work (SOW) for a website This document discusses the general items you need in a SOW for a website, but because projects can vary so much, you may need to include more items in your SOW. Today, we’re going to look at how to produce a Scope of Work...
In 2016 alone we had three ongoing projects who were quite successful, but the initial project managers that we were working with left and new product owners were assigned to work with us accordingly. One of the transitions was even more successful than before, but...
Guest post by Amelia Wong ESTABLISH YOUR GAME PLAN The audience’s time is valuable. The stakeholder wants to know that the UX professional is effectively achieving the goals and the team is all on the same page. Initially clarifying objectives helps all parties...
Guest post by Simone Smith Missing a deadline is something that happens even to the best of us. Whether you got sick and couldn't finish your tasks on time or the project took you much longer than expected, one thing is clear – you're about to miss the deadline and...
Why Scoping Matters Had I scoped every project I had ever worked on, countless dollars would have been saved, countless tears wouldn't have been shed, and I probably could have added years to my life. You see, when you don't scope your project well, you automatically...
Want to stop procrastinating, but want to procrastinate just a little longer so that you can become both better and worse at it simultaneously? Well, here you go!
You can’t just invent more hours in the day to get everything done. As much as I wish that were true. (Hello, unstained chifforobe sitting in the garage!) Luckily, there are many tools to help you organize and schedule your day so that you can actually get more accomplished. I put together this short guide on different ways you can find more time for the things that make your business succeed.
This is the first of a several part series on the process of scoping a pricing web and app projects. Here we're just going over some of the basics and making sure we're all on the same page as far as definitions, general process, etc. before moving onto more...
Whether you’re taking the plunge into freelancing and consulting or running a studio, there is one question that always looms over you: how am I going to price my services? This is one of the questions I’ve answered more than almost anything else over the years. There...
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