In this episode we dive deep on how to tackle projects, whether they be something for the company, or something for a client. We take a look at the tools we use to organize it all, and how we stay on top of working in a small team.

Segment 1 - Idea Filtering

Brainstorming and how to track it all

Jot down informal notes, even if ideas are obviously bad

Sleep on your ideas - don't develop them too much too quickly or you'll get ahead of yourself

Sometimes you get a "packed idea" that needs attention immediately

Bouncing ideas off of technical and non-technical people

Live prototyping of easy to try ideas

Having meetings to filter the good from the bad

Grilling each others ideas - will the product make it in the market?

Segment 2 - Planning With and Using Tools

Using a variety of tools for communication and organization

Examples: Slack, Twist, Monday.com, Asana, Git (gitlab, github, bitbucket), email/contacts/calendar, trello, etc.

Our procedure on handling projects that we do for ourselves (for Digital Dynasty Design)

Day to day tools including things like: Google Hangouts, Git, OneDrive, Trello, Asana

Segment 3 - Client Work vs Personal Projects

Matt works on small business client work as well as any projects that Digital Dyansty Design has running

Mike focuses on client works and assists with Digital Dynasty Design projects whenver he can

We treat client projecs differently than our own projects

Get client objectives written down crystal clear

Cost analysis

Deadlines

Design suggestions and comparative materials

Daily Meetings

Dealing with client and personal schedule needs

Segment 4 - Completion and Accountability

Accountability is difficult when you're your own boss

Need dicipline and hard deadlines that you need to keep

Sometimes deadlines need to be changed due to project changes or other issues, but don't make a habit of it

Fill out a log book to keep track of the work you do on a daily basis

Web News - Stress When Deploying to Production 

Even senior developers get stress when they are pushing to production

Make backups, make an easy recovery path if possible

Test everything you can to prepare

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