Interactive Web Design Module Seven

Web Project Management (12 hrs)

Course Goals
This course will teach you how to work on a web project and successfully complete the project goals and objectives in the time allocated to the project and within the budgetary guidelines for the project. This course relies on established software engineering strategies that have been proven effective for developing commercial software. You will learn how to apply these concepts to developing websites and web based applications. Course concepts and skills are learned through hands-on exercises/projects.


Course Learning Objectives

1. Provide a fundamental understanding of how to meet clients and convince them to engage your services
2. Learn the project development process from initial proposal to final deployment
3. Learn which documents are necessary for effectively managing a project, to include legal documents, proposals, statements of work and test plans.
4. Learn strategies for managing a project, to include the project tasks list, activity schedule, balancing resources, establishing trust and project leadership.
5. Learn how to deploy a project to ensure that it meets the desired budget, schedule and functionality

Recommended pre-requisites:  

-- Tools of the Internet & Business Online
-- Designing with XHTML
-- Introduction to Programming in JavaScript

Course Description:

Commercial Web design is an exciting and noble undertaking, but one that is fraught with pitfalls. The goal of this class is to help both Web designers and Web managers understand what they are getting into, what the client and the developer each must bring to the table, and what both sides must do to communicate effectively. 

Lectures and real-life examples will address the practical realities that make or break a project, such as figuring out what a particular Website is supposed to do, how long it will take to build, what it will cost, and how it will be maintained.