[consulting] Hiring People

[Michael Haggerty]

Victor - 

To some extent, we do all of this already and use hybrid Agile development
techniques in our approach to projects. 

The problem is, clients don't necessarily know what they want until they
have it in their hands, no matter how much work is put into visualization
and communication. And I am not talking about just the main points of
contact on a project, I am talking about the executive sponsors and high
level stakeholders who have their ideas about what the goals are. Sometimes
the disconnect happens between people in the client organization, and I
don't know of a process approach that is going to answer that kind of issue.

This kind of role would be a softer approach to handling the issues of goal
setting and requirements gathering, and is really intended as a value-add to
the range of services we already provide. 

Thank you,
Michael Haggerty
Managing Partner
Trellon, LLC
http://www.trellon.com
(p) 301-577-6162
(c) 240-643-6561
(f) 413-691-9114
(aim) haggerty321



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Victor Kane [mailto:victorkane at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 12:07 PM
> To: mhaggerty at trellon.com; A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal
> service/hosting providers
> Subject: Re: [consulting] Hiring People
> 
> Use the agile approach to software development and get the clients (or
> someone from among them) to get creatively involved in the development
> process, writing using stories, visualizing the business model and
> where value can be added, writing test cases... then you may find that
> you don't need this "expert strategist": you just need to listen to
> your clients.
> 
> Or... you need to have someone on your staff who does that, and forms
> part of the development team.
> 
> That's what I do.
> 
> saludos,
> 
> Victor Kane
> 
> On 5/17/07, Michael Haggerty <mhaggerty at trellon.com> wrote:
> > Trellon is growing and I am giving a lot more thought to how our team is
> > composed. Something I want to do is hire an internet strategist. This
> would
> > not necessarily be a programmer, but someone who can really understand
> the
> > goals clients are looking to accomplish and advise them on the best ways
> to
> > get there. This person would craft strategy documents, review projects
> under
> > development to make sure they are really meeting the client's goals, and
> > keep things organized outside just the production of a Web site.
> >
> > The problem is I don't really know how to recruit for this position. I
> have
> > spoken to people with a lot of experience in specific areas, but finding
> > someone who is a generalist and knows enough about a lot of things seems
> to
> > be a tall order. It looks like this kind of work especially appeals to
> > project managers, but it's not really a production role so much as a
> client
> > relations role. It's hard to convey the difference.
> >
> > Wondering if anyone on this list has any advice...
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Michael Haggerty
> > Managing Partner
> > Trellon, LLC
> > http://www.trellon.com
> > (p) 301-577-6162
> > (c) 240-643-6561
> > (f) 413-691-9114
> > (aim) haggerty321
> >
> >
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