ZGM

Project Management

At ZGM, our developers need to understand how to properly estimate and manage their time. The first step to creating a timeline is determing how many hours we have to build/implement the thing. Below is a simple calculator to help this process. Put in your dev hours and watch the number of weeks get calculated. This should be used as a starting point to figure out how long the thing will take.

Calculator

This calculation assumes 1 developer is working on the project.

  • Estimated Weeks = Hourly Budget / 5 hrs (daily) / 5 days (work week)
  • To be Safe = Estimated Weeks + Q/A (25%) + Shit Happens (10%)

Timeline

Once you have determined how long the thing will take, you need to create your milestones. Once every step is completed a button will appear which will let you copy your timeline and get it into our project management system.

Milestones

For reference, these are what your milestones entail. Use this as a guideline to align your time appropriately.

Start (Task Delegation)

  • Setup
  • Globals
  • Features
  • Content
  • Pre-Internal Q/A

Internal Q/A (Seperation of Concerns)

  • Design: Consistenty of Approved Design
  • Technical: Functionality / Device Testing
  • Content: Placeholders, Content Implementaions
  • Double Check: All the above
  • Double Check: Before and after client is reviewing

External Q/A (1 Round + 1 Round Confirmation)

  • Design: Consistenty of Approved Design
  • Technical: Consistenty of Approved Functionality
  • Content: Placeholders, Content Implementaions
  • Feature Request: Backlog / Scope Additions

Launch

  • Final Approval
  • Procedures: Pre & Post Launch Procedures
  • Training

Quality Assurance (Technical QA) →