A Website by Richard Feich

I came across an interesting blog posting by Andy Budd where he describes the Ideal Web Team. I agree with him for the most part; but what I find most interesting about this post is the comments in response too it. It’s clear that different businesses have a different market niche targeted toward different clientèle; and as a result have a slightly different team composition.

Here is my ideal small high performance web team:

1. Account/Project Manager (1)
   - May also wear the hat of a Sales and Marketing person
   - Primary point of contact with the client
   - Negotiates deliveries
2. Creative Director (1)
    - Usability and Information Architecture expert
    - Responsble for the user experience
    - Provides project vision and creative direction
    - Brand development
    - Web Marketing Specialist and SEO expert
3. Designer/Developer Hybrid (1)
    - Web
             Graphic Design
              XHTML
              CSS
             Accessibility 
             Web Standards
    - Print
    - Flash
4. Web Developer (2)
    - ASP.NET (c#, MSSQL)
    - LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, Python)
    - Experienced with database concepts and design
    - Web Standards
5. Content Producer (1)
    - writer/editor
    - Wears other hats
    - With possible expertise in AI, Usability, and Accessibility

This list is not set in concrete for me; but it roughly covers what I believe are the talents required to have a high performance web development team; and sure other people are needed to run the business from the top to the bottom…but for this post I’m talking web development.

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