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Project Management w/ Basecamp for Web Developers

May 30, 2009 by Cotton Rohrscheib 1 Comment

Pleth has 3 locations (Batesville, Conway, and Jonesboro) being able to manage multiple projects at the same time has grown way past the enormous whiteboard at our Batesville office, and being somewhat OCD, I have always looked at a whiteboard in my office as more of a hindrance than a help anyway.  In the past our internal project management has always been up to whoever was heading up a project.  Each one of us have our own unique way of management. I am a strong Outlook user and have used Tasks to manage projects that I had going on in the past but my partners have always relied on their whiteboard pretty heavily.  We have also used a pretty robust intranet solution from Vialect (which I also highly recommend) to store our client proposals, track hourly time, etc.  

A few times in the past I have collaborated or freelanced with other companies on various projects and on a few occasions I have had the opportunity to use email is still the killer application but sometimes shooting interoffice emails back and forth is not the most effective way to communicate.  With the message boards inside of Basecamp all messages are displayed in reverse chronological order and the best part, files can be attached to messages in the message board, so this actually makes this part of the application even more collaborative.  You can even categorize the messages inside the message board area.

  • Milestones – When I speak to a client on the front end they always want to know 2 things upfront, costs and timeframe.  Sometimes the costs aren’t near as important to them as the timeframe, especially if they are trying to rush along a product release or capitalizing on a promotion.  I like to give my clients 3 tentative milestones when we get our initial payment for the project.  The first milestone will be the start date, since we often times manage multiple projects, sometimes it’s not feasible for us to start on a new project the day we get our clients deposit, so we have to give them some sort of tentative start date.  The next milestone is the test date, and of course a lot of this has to do with when I have all of the required assets from the client to get started, when clients drag their feet providing me with logos, content, etc., this can move the testing date back later than originally projected.  Another milestone is the launch date, and this is sometimes hard to call and really dependant on the first two milestones and how quickly they come together.  With web development firm, but I can honestly see where Basecamp could also be a very useful tool for other industries out there, even further than Graphic Designers and Content Writers, but also wedding and event planners, teachers, consultants, etc.  If you are like me and always on the lookout for ways to improve your business, take a look at Basecamp and see what it can do for your business.  Here are a few companies that utilize Basecamp already in their operations:

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  • About Cotton Rohrscheib

    The Cotton Club is a monthly podcast hosted by me, Cotton Rohrscheib. I'm a 52 year old entrepreneur w/ ADHD, OCD (and now AARP) that refuses to grow up as I grow old. I have collaborated and invested in hundreds of projects throughout my career in multiple industries such as; technology, healthcare, and agriculture. I also have 25 years experience in the marketing industry as a co-founder of an award-winning advertising agency. I will undoubtedly cover a wide variety of topics on my podcast while sharing some really crazy stories and situations that I've been fortunate to witness firsthand. I also have a book coming out in 2025 titled, "Mistakes were Made"

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    1. spikuenak says

      October 15, 2009 at 4:42 pm

      let me try first bos, its nice post, how should i dont like it? 🙂

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