Links
| Prince2 Project Management Methodology | Interactive media and Prince2 project management methodology | www.atsf.co.uk |
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| 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 | The Design Council | www.webdesignforbusiness.org |
| Scottish Enterprise: Choosing e-Business Suppliers | www.scottish-enterprise.com | |
| Scottish Enterprise: Guidance Notes for the Tendering Process (PDF) | www.scottish-enterprise.com | |
| 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 on writing a brief for museums, MDA, no date given | www.mda.org.uk | |
| Guidelines for developers for tenders and pitches | Pitch protection information, MCCA, no date given | www.mcca.org.uk |
| Report – Statistics about the costs of pitching and more, Dec. 2005 | www.firedog-design.co.uk | |
| What clients look for when choosing a new media agency, Juliet Blackburn, no date given | www.bima.co.uk | |
| 10 tips to a prosperous client/designer relationship, Ray Noland, heartfelt advice from an experienced freelancer, Aug. 2004 | theblacklistmag.com | |
| 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 |
| The Turbo Project Manager series – select under Other Utilities at ... | www.broderbund.com | |
| Enterprise-wide project management software | MJI Teamworks | www.mjiteamworks.com |
| Ace Project | www.aceproject.com | |
| Web Spaced Project – project management software list | www.web-based-software.com | |
| eProject | www.eproject.com | |
| Review of top 10 project management software, 2006 | project-management-software- review.toptenreviews.com |
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| Project management software for Creative companies | Infowit | www.infowit.com |
| Creative Project Manager | www.creative-manager.com | |
| Dedicated timesheet software | Allnetic | www.allnetic.com |
| Time Track | www.trinfinitysoftware.com | |
| Stakeholder Analysis | Ask these questions to reach your stakeholders, Lauri Elliott, TechRepublic, 14 Nov. 2001 | techrepublic.com.com |
| Stakeholder analysis, Will Allen and Margaret Kilvington, Landcare Research New Zealand, Nov. 2001 | www.landcareresearch.co.nz | |
| Communicate with project stakeholders, Jeffrey F. Barager, Point B Solutions Group, Microsoft Office Online, Work Essentials, no date given | office.microsoft.com | |
| Project Management Part 2 – stakeholders, Walter Storm, Nitron, The Code Project, 24 June 2005 | www.codeproject.com | |
| 2.2 Project Stakeholders. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – derivative developed and reproduced by the Project Management Institute, TenStep Inc., 2003–4 |
www.tensteppb.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 | |
| What is the stakeholders’ bargain with the project? Susannah Finzi, Suzanne Robertson, Aidan Ward, The Atlantic Systems Guild Inc., no date given | www.systemsguild.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 | |
| The business case for business cases, Mary Wilson and Brad Marshall, Concept Marketing Group Inc. no date given | www.marketingsource.com | |
| Understanding web logs and why it matters, Sharon Housley, Concept Marketing Group Inc., no date given |
www.marketingsource.com | |
| South Carolina Budget and Control Board, Division of the State Chief Information Officer, Business Case Template, no date given | www.cio.sc.gov | |
| ROI 101: making the business case for technology investments, Rebecca
Wettemann,
CIO.com, Industry Experts, Analyst Corner, Nucleus Research, no date given |
www2.cio.com | |
| A business case for managing the digital media supply chain, Susan Worthy, DM Direct Newsletter, 28 Oct. 2005 | www.dmreview.com | |
| Client Relationships | Client relationships, Blog, James Bielefeldt, 28 March 2006 | www.jamesbielefeldt.com |
| 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 | |
| How to manage the monster, Kevin Airgid, Creative Behaviour, Issue No 9, 2005 | www.creativebehavior.com | |
| The web design business kit, Chapter 11 – Handle client complaints, sitepoint, no author or date given | www.sitepoint.com | |
| Brendon Sinclair interview part 2, Kirstan Czupryna, SiteCRITIQUE, 30 March 2004 | www.sitecritique.net | |
| Working with angry or dissatisfied clients, Rich Brooks, Flyte Blog, 25 July 2005 | www.flyteblog.com |
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| 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 | The culture of usability: how to spend less and get more from your usability-testing program, Janice Fraser New Architect, Aug. 2002 |
www.newarchitectmag.com |
| 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, Vol 8 Issue 1, Feb. 2006 | www.usabilitynews.org |
| Criteria for optimal web design (designing for usability), Michael L
Bernard Software Usability Research Laboratory, Wichita State University, 30 March 2003 |
psychology.wichita.edu | |
| 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 | |
| Choose & use the best colors: the psychology of color, Andrew Eaton,
Concept Marketing Group, no date given |
www.marketingsource.com | |
| Research-based web design & usability guidelines, Sanjay J. Koyani, Robert W. Bailey, Janice R. Nall et al., National Cancer Institute, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2003 | www.usability.gov | |
| Usability return on investment | Return on investment for usability, Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, 7 Jan. 2003 | 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 | |
| Return on investment for usable user-interface design: examples and statistics, Aaron Marcus, President, Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc., 28 Feb. 2002 (PDF) | www.amanda.com | |
| Usability ROI: measuring return on investment, Foraker Design – Provider of Usability & Web Design Services, no date given | www.usabilityfirst.com | |
| Accessibility | Watchfire webxact online testing | webxact.watchfire.com |
| 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 | User-friendly websites for all, Disability Rights Commission, News, 8 March 2006 | www.drc.org.uk |
| PAS78 Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning Accessible Websites, BSI, launched 15 March 2005 | www.bsi-global.com | |
| Web Accessibility in Mind | www.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 | www.philosophe.com | |
| Testing without a formal test plan, Derek Sissons, Philosophe.com, revised 2 July 2000 | www.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 and www.patent.gov.uk |
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| Interactive Media Market research | Clikz Network – solutions for marketers | www.clikz.com |
| 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 | research.oreilly.com | |
| OVUM Ltd | www.ovum.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 | Cross-functional collaboration, Glenn M. Parker, Oct. 1994 | deming.eng.clemson.edu |
| Kettley, P., Hirsh, W. (2000), Learning From Cross-Functional Teamwork, IES Report 356 | www.employment-studies.co.uk | |
| Building and managing cross-functional teams, Patrick Mosher, Workforce Performance Solutions, June 2005 | www.wpsmag.com | |
| Creativity and complexity in cross functional teams, Christopher M. Barlow (The Co-Creativity Institute, Nov 2000) (PDF) | www.cocreativity.com | |
| Virtual teams | Leading Dispersed Product Development Teams, Preston G. Smith, in KNOWvations, Aug. 2002 | www.sopheon.com |
| 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, Dilek Eryilmaz, Steve Darn, BBC and British Council, 6 Sept. 2005 | www.teachingenglish.org.uk | |
| Select, Assess & Train, Non-verbal Communication, Management Files, no date given | www.selectassesstrain.com |