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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.\nSegment 1 - Idea Filtering\nBrainstorming and how to track it all\nJot down informal notes, even if ideas are obviously bad\nSleep on your ideas - don't develop them too much too quickly or you'll get ahead of yourself\nSometimes you get a "packed idea" that needs attention immediately\n\nBouncing ideas off of technical and non-technical people\nLive prototyping of easy to try ideas\nHaving meetings to filter the good from the bad\nGrilling each others ideas - will the product make it in the market?\nSegment 2 - Planning With and Using Tools\nUsing a variety of tools for communication and organization\nExamples: Slack, Twist, Monday.com, Asana, Git (gitlab, github, bitbucket), email/contacts/calendar, trello, etc.\n\nOur procedure on handling projects that we do for ourselves (for Digital Dynasty Design)\nDay to day tools including things like: Google Hangouts, Git, OneDrive, Trello, Asana\nSegment 3 - Client Work vs Personal Projects\nMatt works on small business client work as well as any projects that Digital Dyansty Design has running\nMike focuses on client works and assists with Digital Dynasty Design projects whenver he can\nWe treat client projecs differently than our own projects\nGet client objectives written down crystal clear\nCost analysis\nDeadlines\nDesign suggestions\xa0and comparative materials\nDaily Meetings\n\nDealing with client and personal schedule needs\nSegment 4 - Completion and Accountability\nAccountability is difficult when you're your own boss\nNeed dicipline and hard deadlines that you need to keep\nSometimes deadlines need to be changed due to project changes or other issues, but don't make a habit of it\nFill out a log book to keep track of the work you do on a daily basis\nWeb News - Stress When Deploying to Production\xa0\nEven senior developers get stress when they are pushing to production\nMake backups, make an easy recovery path if possible\nTest everything you can to prepare\nYou can find us on...\nFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Medium | YouTube | GitHub | Spotify