Do you want your project to be a success?

Our core business resides in delivering the most effective project management solutions. We have the team that will make your project a reality, we will make your dreams come true. We always focus on the solution at hand and we will find the best way to accomplish the planned results. Siems Production is one of the most effective agency out there, as we focus on the end solution from the beginning.
More precisely Siems Production web project management (WPM) Solutions consist of:

• Liaison between the creative’s, technical and account department or client
• Negotiate scope, identify tasks
• Planning: estimate task duration and resource requirements, use of GANTT chart
• Scheduling: specify inter-task dependencies, critical path,
• Organize: assign resources
• Direct the team effort, monitor and control progress, timekeeping
• Assess project results and experiences.
• RISK management – manage unexpected events
• Use of Basecamp Online Project Management Software and other Web software including Google Docs and Gmail
• Use of Agile Development process (SCRUM, extreme programming)

About projects

What is a web project?

We define a web project as a finite endeavour which have a specific start and completion dates. It is  undertaken to create a unique product or service which brings added value to your business. This finite characteristic of projects stands in sharp contrast to processes, or operations, which are permanent or semi-permanent functional work to repetitively produce the same product or service.   Siems Production Web project management with distinct technical skills and agile project management philosophy, enable us to quickly implement your ideas into a integrated and adaptable web solution.

What is web project management?

Web Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific web project goals and objectives.

Differences between web and other projects

From its definition, a project is a finite endeavour (having specific start and completion dates) undertaken to create a unique product or service which brings about beneficial change or added value. This finite characteristic of projects stands in sharp contrast to processes, or operations, which are permanent or semi-permanent functional work to repetitively produce the same product or service. In practice, the management of these two systems is often found to be quite different, and as such requires the development of distinct technical skills and the adoption of separate management philosophy, which is the subject of this article.

Why do web projects fail ?

There are different reason why so many project fail. What we mean by being a failure is not meeting the actual initial requirement in terms of the project scope, schedule and budget. Adopting a more agile approach as opposed to a classical waterfall approach will greatly impact on the project success. At Siems Production, we consider a project to be a complete only when it ads value to the business by providing a high return on investment for example.

Why do web projects succeed?

By definition a project success is based on the delivery of the initial requirement within the scope, time and budget. However at Siems Production we believe the project success must be defined by delivering a specific business goal such as increasing the ROI or adding value to the business.

About being a successful Web Project manager

• Key issues facing web project managers
• The forces of change on the web
• Skills needed: project management, business, design and technical
• Roles and Responsibilities:   knowledge about the project and web technologies, project documentation, quality control, development
• Attribute of a good Web Project manager
• Rewards of a good Web Project manager

Having a strong web team

• Web Project Team
• The essential skills
• Team structure
• Role and responsibilities

About development and PM Methodology

• Importance to have a method
• Structured approaches to project management
• Why use a structured approach
• Which project management approaches to use ?
• Overview of traditional/Waterfall, Agile and PRINCE2 structured approaches

Web Project Management essentials

• Project scoping and requirements gathering (businnes, creative, content and technical)
• The project creative brief
• Information architecture
• Wireframes
• Sourcing imagery
• Creating estimates and timing plans
• Managing communications
• Handling risk and uncertainty
• Testing & deployment

Project lifecycle

• Project Clarification : with the project owner  dicuss the opportunities and the allocated ressources, gather the requirements (businnes, creative, content and technical) define the project team, Budgets and  schedules.
• Solution definition: web strategy, creative, technical, content and project management solution (meetings, environment, reporting and sign off)
• Project specification:  team, cost, work, version control, objectives, success criteria, sitemap, functional and technical specification, content plan, internet marketing strategy, testing, updates and maintenance, critical path.
• Content specification: sourcing content and content provider, formats, delivery, assets tracking and management, managing copywriter and CMS.
• Design and development: meetings, briefing, environment, team management, work in progress, sign off, change control, prototyping, documentation.
• Test, lauch and handover
• Maintenance
• Review and evaluation: project reviews, evaluation value (ROI), quantitative and qualitative metrics and analysis.

Project management tools

• Basecamp
• DotProject
• Google Docs
• MS Project – Gant Chartt