Links (checked/updated November 2010)
| General project management resource | Management Trainee web site: includes over 60 expert contributors who reguarly update and add. Not specifically for interactive media and concentrates on information for people moving into management rather than experienced practitioners. You can also register for a free monthly newsletter. | www.managementtrainee.co.uk |
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| Prince2 Project Management Methodology | Interactive media and Prince2 project management methodology | www.atsf.co.uk |
| Interactive Design – Briefs | UK Office of Government Commerce (Policy section) | www.ogc.gov.uk |
| Xplane collects blogs and sorts them into categories for you. The following is useful: Xplane Publications Design Blog – category Design for Business | xplane.com | |
| Design Council – Business section, range of useful information | www.designcouncil.org.uk | |
| Public sector tenders | Is accreditation the way forward? – article on public sector tenders and the client/supplier debate, British Design Innovation, 2006 | www.britishdesign.co.uk |
| Guidelines for commissioners for tenders and pitches | Advertiser–Agency Relationships: A ‘Best Practice’ Toolkit
(PDF) – ISBA (the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers) – look
under their Publications section for Industry Best Practice |
www.isba.org.uk |
| How to write the perfect brief, no date given | www.harmony.co.uk | |
| Guidelines for developers for tenders and pitches | How to write a solid design brief, by Firedog Design | www.firedog-design.co.uk |
| Creating the perfect design brief, Peter L. Phillips, adapted from his book of the same name, 14 June 2005 | www.graphics.com | |
| Call and response: handling RFP tension, Nick Gould, 29 Aug. 2005 | www.digital-web.com | |
| Scoping Projects | Scoping projects, D. Keith Robinson, 16th Nov. 2005 | www.7nights.com |
| 10 bad project warning signs, blogography, Andy Budd, 31 May 2005 | www.andybudd.com | |
| General project management software/time tracking/WBS | Ablenet Solutions – collaborative software | www.ablenetsolutions.com |
| Enterprise-wide project management software | iPlanWare | www.iplanware.com |
| Ace Project | www.aceproject.com | |
| Web Spaced Project – project management software list | www.web-based-software.com | |
| Project Portfolio Management | daptiv.com | |
| Review of top 10 project management software 2011 | project-management-software- review.toptenreviews.com |
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| Project management software for Creative companies | Infowit | www.infowit.com |
| Workamajig for Creatives | www.creative-manager.com | |
| Dedicated timesheet software | Allnetic | www.allnetic.com |
| Stakeholder Analysis | Ask these questions to reach your stakeholders, Lauri Elliott, TechRepublic, 14 Nov. 2001 | techrepublic.com.com |
| Communicate with project stakeholders, Jeffrey F. Barager, Point B Solutions Group, Microsoft Office Online, Work Essentials, no date given | office.microsoft.com | |
| Stakeholder analysis and stakeholder management, Rachel Manktelow, Mind Tools, no date given | www.mindtools.com | |
| Understanding organizational stakeholders for design success, Jonathan Boutelle, boxesandarrows, 5 June 2004 | www.boxesandarrows.com | |
| Business case related | Developing a web accessibility business case for your organization: Overview, S.L. Henry, ed., World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), Aug. 2005 | www.w3.org |
| Client relationship management, Pat McClellan, Director Online, 9 Aug.
1999 |
director-online.com | |
| Five keys for getting your IT initiatives funded, Michael Sisco, TechRepublic, CIO and IT Management, 4 Dec. 2004 | techrepublic.com.com | |
| Make it clear, Jack Keen, CIO Magazine, 1 Dec. 2003 | www.cio.com | |
| Make them walk your talk, Sally Whittle, Computer Weekly.com, 28 Sept. 2004 | www.computerweekly.com | |
| Client Relationships | Managing client relationships, Patty J. Ayres, WebDevBiz.com, 2005 | www.webdevbiz.com |
| Bulletproof web design contracts, John Tabita, sitepoint, 28 Oct. 2005 | www.sitepoint.com | |
| Interview with Kelly Goto, Carolyn Wood, WISE-Women, 25 May 2005 | www.wise-women.org | |
| The web design business kit, Chapter 11 – Handle client complaints, sitepoint, no author or date given | www.sitepoint.com | |
| Do you have a bad SEO company, or are you just a bad client?, Stoney deGeyter, Search Engine Guide, 25 Aug. 2005 | www.searchengineguide.com | |
| Usability Definition | US Department of Health and Human Services, Usability Basics | www.usability.gov |
| Traditional against new usability methods | Remote testing versus lab testing, Bolt Peters, 3 Feb. 2005 | boltpeters.com |
| Conduct your own remote usability study, Bolt Peters, 16 Feb. 2005 | boltpeters.com | |
| General usability | Usability News, Newsletter of the Software Usability Research Laboratory, Wichita State University | www.usabilitynews.org |
| Getting started – what is user centred design? Usability Net, no date given | www.usabilitynet.org | |
| Growing a business website: fix the basics first, Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, 20 March 2006 |
www.useit.com | |
| Time for a redesign: Brad Wieners interviewing Jakob Nielsen (re 10% spend on usability), 1 June 2004 | www.cioinsight.com | |
| Usability return on investment | Return on investment for usability, Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, 22 Jan 2008 | www.useit.com |
| Usability ROI, Foraker Design – Provider of Usability & Web Design Services, no date given | www.usabilityfirst.com |
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| Usability return on investment, Nielsen Norman Group Report, no date given | www.nngroup.com | |
| Accessibility | Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) | www.w3.org |
| Developing a web accessibility business case for your organization, S.L. Henry, ed., World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), Aug. 2005 | www.w3.org | |
| User-friendly websites for all | PAS78 Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning Accessible Websites, BSI, launched 15 March 2005 | shop.bsigroup.com |
| Web Accessibility in Mind | webaim.org | |
| Interactive Media Software approaches and implications | Comparing approaches to budgeting and estimating software development projects, Scott W. Ambler, 17 April 2006 | www.ambysoft.com |
| Demystifying extreme programming: focusing on value – how to interact with your clients to deliver the software they really want, Roy Miller, Feb. 2003 | www-128.ibm.com | |
| Adaptive project management using Scrum – part 1, Craig Murphy, Methods and Tools, Winter 2004 | www.methodsandtools.com | |
| The Go-ForIt Chronicles: Memoirs of eXtreme DragonSlayers, Part 2, eXtreme programming: deceptively simple innovation, Willy Farrell and Mary-Rose Fisher, June 2001 | www-128.ibm.com | |
| The Waterfall Model, Wikipedia, April 2006 | en.wikipedia.org | |
| Interactive Media Testing tools | Software QA Testing and Test Tool Resources | www.aptest.com |
| Website Test Tools and Site Management Tools | www.softwareqatest.com | |
| General relating to testing/archiving | Open source security testing methodology, Federico Biancuzzi, SecurityFocus, 29 March 2006 | www.securityfocus.com |
| Performance & Software Testing Presentations, Scott Barber | www.perftestplus.com | |
| How can World Wide websites be tested? Rick Hower, April 2006 | www.softwareqatest.com | |
| Some basic testing concepts: Tests are tools, Derek Sissons, Philosophe.com, revised 24 April 1999 | philosophe.com | |
| Testing without a formal test plan, Derek Sissons, Philosophe.com, revised 2 July 2000 | philosophe.com | |
| Internet Archive | www.archive.org | |
| WC3 Mobile Web Initiative | www.w3.org | |
| Legal – Contracts | Model contract for web projects, New Media Knowledge, 2 Oct. 2004 | www.nmk.co.uk |
| Bulletproof web design contracts, John Tabita, sitepoint, 28 Oct. 2005 | www.sitepoint.com | |
| UK Data Protection, Information Commissioner | www.ico.gov.uk | |
| Briffa – London-based legal firm with good resources on their website | www.briffa.com | |
| UK RNIB Web Access Centre | www.rnib.org.uk | |
| Legal – Intellectual Property | Nolo's website is an all-round resource for US law | www.nolo.com |
| Comprehensive resource for researching US, European and Japanese patents | www.freepatentsonline.com | |
| The US Copyright Office has various documents on its website including one on basics of US copyright law and a summary of the DCMA | www.copyright.gov | |
| Many aspects of UK Intellectual Property law are outlined at these URLs. The UK Patent Office also has a trade mark search facility. | www.intellectual-property.gov.uk | |
| Interactive Media Market research | Emarketer | www.emarketer.com |
| Forrester – helping business thrive on technology change | www.forrester.com | |
| Internet World Stats – global marketing | www.internetworldstats.com | |
| O'Reilly Research (known as Radar O'Reilly) | radar.oreilly.com | |
| OVUM Ltd | www.ovumkc.com | |
| Gartner | www.gartner.com | |
| Crazy Frog ring tone history | en.wikipedia.org | |
| General on teams | Teamwork Links – selected reviews of teamwork websites | reviewing.co.uk |
| Belbin, R.M. – his site – tools available on team role analysis and more | www.belbin.com | |
| Cross-functional teams | Kettley, P., Hirsh, W. (2000), Learning From Cross-Functional Teamwork, IES Report 356 | www.employment-studies.co.uk |
| Creativity and complexity in cross functional teams, Christopher M. Barlow (The Co-Creativity Institute, Nov 2000) (PDF) | www.cocreativity.com | |
| Virtual teams | From experience: leading dispersed teams, Preston G, Smith, Emily L. Blancks, The Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 19, pp 294–304, 2002 (PDF) | www.newproductdynamics.com |
| Non-verbal communication | Non-verbal Communication, Zero Million.com, Management and Personal Skills section, 2005 | www.zeromillion.com |
| Non-verbal communication, many articles found in search non-verbal | www.teachingenglish.org.uk | |
| Select, Assess & Train, Non-verbal Communication, Management Files, no date given | www.selectassesstrain.com |