Thoughts on people, project, and business management from a Digital Producer
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Given the producer role is one that aggregates information, it’s not surprising that spreadsheets are one of the producer’s go-to tools. Most of the time, we only use spreadsheets in a very simple way (usually adding up some sort of breakdown to get a total figure). The things we do can also be done easily… [continue]
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There are times when I’ve seen documents with slabs of text describing something which could be easily communicated in a quick sketch or an annotated image. When I’ve asked the document author why they didn’t include some images when it seemed like it would’ve been clearer, the answers are often along the lines of 1)… [continue]
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Most of the work that we do at my current workplace is project-based and billed as a fixed cost for the project, but recently we started doing some work for a couple of clients on time and materials basis. We didn’t have any existing templates for time and materials reporting. Often at our company, when… [continue]
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There are some documents that you create over and over again as you work, things like statement of work contracts, estimate spreadsheets, project plans, meeting minutes. These documents should always be templated, and if possible, be consistent across a company. This isn’t just because it’s nice to have consistent branding, or because it saves the document… [continue]