Growing out of your site? Looking for expertise for a special
project? Want to evaluate your Web strategy? Starting an Intranet
or Extranet? I can help. As project leader or team member, I
am able to fit in with existing teams and supplement
their skills. Where needed, I've got a network of expert programmers,
sysadmins, designers
and
other
specialists
available.
- Rapid Review [+]
A fast way to
get basic feedback on a Home Page -- but also, an excellent
independent review of proposed designs or application interfaces.
Find out if the site's going to work before you implement!
- Web Site Redesigns [+]
Redesigns
should be strategic -- not just a new coat of paint. Start
by knowing what works and what doesn't with the current site,
then add in the goals of the redesign, knowledge of the intended
audience and common behaviors of Web users -- and the redesign
will produce much better results.
- Template and CMS Implementations [+]
Got multiple
publishers? Templates and Content Management Systems can be
an effective way to ensure consistent site design while distributing
publishing functions throughout an organization. (This Web
site, for example, runs on one template and stylesheet -- if
I change them, the entire site changes, seamlessly and perfectly.)
But many CMS implementations are expensive, time-consuming
and frustrating. I've done this before, and I know where the
pitfalls are.
- Usability Testing [+]
I'm
not the audience for your Web site. In fact, gather the entire
Web team together, and probably most of them are not actual
users either. For starters, they know too much. If you really
want to be effective with users, you've got to observe them
using your site -- and then learn from the experience.
- E-commerce [+]
Money makes the
world go round, and online shopping is a reality for most Web
sites. Whether it's selling tickets, widgets or subscriptions,
I can help navigate through all the steps, security issues,
accounting needs, shopping carts and catalog listings that
make up a ready-to-buy Web experience.
- New Function Implementations [+]
More isn't always
better. Site growth can be tricky, as each new silo of information
affects related ones that may have existed for some time. The
more complex a site, the more crucial it is that new functions
are blended into the existing site.
- Custom Programming [+]
I'm not a programmer.
I speak the language -- I know what can or should be
programmed, and then I hand things off to the real wizards.
My strategic partners include specialists in ASP, ASP.net,
PHP, CGI and other common languages. Plus, I'll work with
the programmers to develop interfaces that work for real users.
- Project Management [+]
Got a project
that needs good leadership? I mean the kind of leadership that
gets things done and keeps everybody happy along the way. The
kind that makes everybody look good and enhances the bottom
line. Yeah, I do that.
