Worthwhile purchase with useful templates and processes

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	• Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works (2nd Edition) (VOICES) Kelly Goto, Emily Cotler Peachpit Press, 2004 - 296 pages average customer review:based on 70 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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This book is very good at providing the nuts and bolts steps for a re-design project. Its helped me be detailed enough for the micro-managers and large scale enough for the hands off managers. Definitely worth having on hand for small and large projects.

Worthwhile purchase with useful templates and processes

This is a good reference to have in your library if you're a web designer or web developer. The process map makes a useful project management template to start with which you can customize for your own projects. I thought it was nice to have some of the templates available on their website too.

This process map and methodology isn't as comprehensive as a full blown project management process like you'd find at the Project Management Institute (PMI) but it is nicely streamlined for Web Design projects.

I took pieces from PMI standards and injected them into this process map where I wanted more detail. I was happy with the purchase and recommend the book to anybody interested in managing web design projects.

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Overview on web design projects

This book gives a good overview on web site design projects. It describes the project steps, workflow and lifecycle in a fairly simple and practical style. This kind of a straightforward hands-on approach worked pretty well for me and the book was fast and easy to digest. The downside is that topics are not discussed in detail very deeply. The simplified workflow that is presented in the book is suitable for relatively small web site projects but big application oriented projects need a lot more things to be covered.

One big disappointment was the expert sections or articles. They were too short (page or two) to say anything really useful and I think using these kind of short "teasers" from wed design celebrities is just a way to promote and sell the book. An other thing that could have been improved are the different checklists/document samples throughout the book that can also be downloaded from the website. They are nice to have but are too simple to be used without modification in actual projects.

It is a shame that the book don't go into more detail in describing web design projects because I think the authors would have a lot more to say on the subject. The book uses a lot of imagery and white space (and is a kind of prited version of a web site) when actual content could have been added instead.

The most obvious reader for this title would be a project manager coming to the web design world from some other industry or someone else new to the business. A good overview that is fast and easy to digest.

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The Best Book On Website Development Workflow Ever

As a web programmer (server-side and client-side), as well as a web designer, I found this book to be invaluable. I discovered it while working for a company that did most of their web development by the seat of their pants. I was able to establish a series of milestones using the forms and suggestions in this book, which transformed the company and their relationship with their clients. No longer was every conversation with the client about what they'd misunderstood or programmed incorrectly. They started to be proactive about getting specs, understanding the clients needs, and producing the website in a logical progression. They were transformed from an rinky-dink, amateur web development company into a focused, professional one.

I highly recommend this book. I've owned the first and second edition. They both rock. Not only is it good for the all-in-one programmer/designer like me, but it's good for a development team so each player in the development process can see how their part fits into the whole and how their success contributes to the success of the project.

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Good Book

This book is a good intro into how to manage a website implementation or redesign from the prospective of a designer. I am not a designer, but still found the book useful because it does cover all the steps; not just the ones that designers are concerned with. The book takes a good approach and is easy and interesting to read.

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If anything, this volume's premise--that the business of Web design is one of constant change-has only proven truer over time. So much so, in fact, that the 12-month design cycles cited in the last edition have shrunk to 6 or even 3 months today. Which is why, more than ever, you need a smart, practical guide that demonstrates how to plan, budget, organize, and manage your Web redesign - or even you initial design - projects from conceptualization to launch. This volume delivers! In these pages Web designer extraordinaire Kelly Goto and coauthor Emily Cotler have distilled their real-world experience into a sound approach to Web redesign workflow that is as much about business priorities as it is about good design. By focusing on where these priorities intersect, Kelly and Emily get straight to the heart of the matter. Each chapter includes a case study that illustrates a key step in the process, and you'll find a plethora of forms, checklists, and worksheets that help you put knowledge into action.

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