While writing a Functional Specifications Document (FSD) may not be part of every Producers role, it is a skill worth spending some time developing.
It's the Blueprint of the Plan of the Guide to What You are Building
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Six Revisions
Six Revisions is a great resource for Producers. Focusing on development and design the site offers excellent insights on building websites such as this recent article on producing websites under difficult IT restrictions.
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Live, Work, Meet Up
The Global Financial Crisis has hit a lot of countries quite hard financially. Many governments have had to take austerity measures in order to reduce costs, while looking at ways to shore up diminishing revenue streams.
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5 Useful Firefox Add-ons for Web Producers
Over on Kontain, Future Interactive's Executive Producer Stephen Martin posted an excellent piece on what tools a producer at FI would use in their daily role.
This got me thinking, what tools I use on a daily basis, particularly given I currently work in a very restrictive corporate environment? While I have access to the normal Office suite of applications, the range of utility applications I can install is pretty much nil.
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The Producer as the Project Manager
Recently I was outlining the role of a Online Producer it was asked of me:
"Isn't that just what a Project Manager does?"It's a common misconception thrown around frequently, that is the idea that a producer is just another name for a Project Manager. So the question begs, why bother with producers?
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