Guides and tips
A smattering of useful articles, links, and step-by-steps for curious minds.
Find your footing in project management. We've got a curated collection of links and tips just for you, Footloose.
The TeamGantt Project Management Learning Center
Don't miss this growing trove of project management resources, including Brett Harned's excellent Art & Science of Leading Projects video course, from TeamGantt.
Visit resourceThe Distance
A podcast about staying small and werkin' hard. By the folks who brought you Basecamp.
Visit resourceThis is why you never end up hiring good developers
Agencies often look for the wrong traits and qualifications when hiring developers. A practical look at how to avoid the pitfalls.
Visit resource11 Project Management Tips According To the World's Leading Digital Project Managers
Some handy nuggets in here. It's not about the hard skills, peeps. It's about understanding and navigating the invisible spaces around our projects and people.
Visit resourceA List Apart
Still one of the best informational hubs for design, process, and web trends.
Visit resourceThe Ultimate Guide to Accessibility
Adam Fard put this accessibility gem of a guide together. Worth a gander.
Visit resourceThe Successful Digital PM
Great series that analyses the role of Digital Project Manager, by friend of Louder Than Ten, Adam Edgerton.
Visit resourceEvery Day DPM
Oh, you know, just a little digital PM inspiration every damn day of the week. Brought to you by Brett Harned and Rachel Gertz. Don't mind if we do.
Visit resourceWeb Design Field Manual
A wonderful list of modern web design resources. Kind of like this page. But different.
Visit resourceCreative People Say No
Yes! Oops, I mean: NO. This is one of the best articles we've read in a long time. Put it under your pillow.
Visit resourceDon't let your client write the content
A thousand times YES. Do not let your clients take the reigns on this one. A great summary of how you can show them the value of writing the content in house (or hiring a writer to do it).
Visit resourceEthical Design: The Practical Getting Started Guide
Trine Falbe has written a fantastic and practical guide for building ethical digital products. Required reading for all digital workers.
Visit resourceFull Stack Basics for the Non-Developer
A really solid (and really long) article about how Full Stack works. It covers all the basics and is written in bite-size chunks for non-developers.
Visit resourceHow Buffer pays remote employees
A thorough breakdown of how Buffer compensates its employees around the world. Useful for anyone with remote contractors or employees.
Visit resourceHow to Fix Your Tech Interview to Increase Diversity
A stacked guide with links, quotes, and resources for building up representation and diversity in tech.
Visit resourceHow to Read the Internet
Remember the internet before newsfeed algorithms? When you had control over your media sources? It's time to get reacquainted with the RSS… the best friend you forgot you had. Robin Rendle's here to help you get setup and reading on your own terms.
Visit resourceProject Hubs: A Home Base for Design Projects
Smartest thing for a project plan. Build a dashboard so your clients can see the touch points of the project.
Visit resourceThe Future of Product Design Apprenticeships is Open Source and Practical Application
The team at Fresh Tilled Soil share the insights and experiences from the first nine years of running AUX — their in-house user experience apprenticeship program.
Visit resourceThe Prequel: Selling and qualifying clients in the Hollywood model
Building strong relationships begins in the sales process. Matt has a solid and practical method for bringing the right clients into the shop and carefully shaping the relationship.
Visit resourceThe Producer Playbook
This book is loaded to the gills with helpful PM knowledge. Created by Wes Jones, you can get this book for $5 off if you use the discount code: louderthanten
Visit resourceThe Ultimate Introduction To Agile Project Management
Paul Barnes explains the behaviors, frameworks, techniques, and concepts supporting agile project management in software development in this tutorial.
Visit resourceWhy I Need to Know Your Budget
Helpful advice for clients on why we need to hear their budget before we start working together.
Visit resourceAdventures in Project Management
Brett is practically the father of the DPM community. If you don't know who he is, you're a square, but we still love you. Ask him about putting on a workshop in your city.
Visit resourceDear Design Student
A collection of Medium articles chalk full of advice on working in the design industry.
Visit resourceDPM(ish)
A fabulous newsletter by a good pal and solid remote digital PM, Natalie Semczuk.
Visit resourceKickass PM
This blog is packed like a cream cheese bagel full of smooth DPM resources. Chew on them.
Visit resourceThe Sam Barnes
Sam is the best. Sharp, hilarious, knows his PM shit. Read this blog and go see him talk.
Visit resourceCanadian Freelance Union
If you're a Canadian freelancer, you should join the Canadian Freelance Union. Membership is inexpensive and you get access to a host of great resources, a job board, and a community of solidarity.
Visit resourceDemocracy at Work
Non-profit media that analyzes capitalism critically as a systemic problem and advocates for democratizing workplaces as part of a systemic solution.
Visit resourceFreelancer's Union
Network with and get advice from other freelancers on staying alive and thriving as an independent.
Visit resourceBe A Better PM
Brett Harned has a simple message: to be a better PM we have to look after our teams, our process, and ourselves. A fantastic presentation.
Visit resourceDrive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
Nothing sums up Daniel Pink's words better than this brilliantly illustrated short. Our motivation is internal: we want to learn, contribute, and help others.
Visit resourceFuck You, Pay Me
The quintessential resource for anyone needing an entrepreneurial pick-me-up and a little how-to. If you don't know how to ask for more money, Mike Monteiro will tell you.
Visit resourceLet's Kill the Billable Hour
The billable hour. Who needs it. A relic from the industrial era, Jon Lax delivers the fatal blow to our understanding of billing hourly during his Creative Mornings talk. Death to the hour.
Visit resourceVice Versa Client Management
Sam Barnes nails client management to the wall. It's about being honest, nice, and a good listener. Who'd have thought.
Visit resourceA Step-by-Step Guide to Cultivating Diversity and Inclusion
Over 50 ideas for investing in diversity and inclusion to help companies get up to speed.
Visit resourceA Visual Introduction to Machine Learning
How do machines find patterns in data? This visual guide to machine learning will walk you through this complex and cool new field.
Visit resourceConsultancy Scrum
These guys are onto something: they're turning the agile scrum model inside out so that stakeholders are genuinely a part of the process. Keep checking in to see what they're up to.
Visit resourceContent Delivery by GatherContent
A Full House approach to content production and delivery, minus the cheesy one-liners.
Visit resourceHow to Start a Startup
Everything you want to know about starting a startup. Get started, would ya?
Visit resourceLaws of UX
Laws of UX is a collection of the key maxims that designers must consider when building user interfaces.
Visit resourceR/m Design School
R/m Design School is a series of educational projects and articles covering a range of fundamental design concepts like typography, color, grids, and layout.
Visit resourceThe Complete Guide: Content Strategy for Website Projects
Meghan Casey outlines a step-by-step approach for doing content strategy, from planning and creating your content to delivering and managing it. Learn about the methods, guidelines, and templates to help you get your content strategy right.
Visit resourceThe DesignBetter.Co library
An impressive collection of guides and resources for designing products from the industry's best designers.
Visit resourceThe project game
Some handy tips and templates to help you lasso your clients and projects. Created by the wonderful Brett Harned.
Visit resourceThe State of JavaScript 2020
A snazzy guide for Javascript and its infinite applications
Visit resourceThe Toolbox Toolbox
A curated list of the best analogue and digital toolboxes and methods from companies, institutions and thinkers.
Visit resourceUX Trends
The UX Collective maps patterns and trends they're seeing in the realm of user experience design through a collection of fun, smart articles.
Visit resourceWes Jones Producer Playbook
A wonderfully comprehensive field guide for digital producers and project managers
Visit resourceZapier's Ultimate Guide to Project Management
Overviews of project management strategies, advice from teams around the world, and a collection of the best tools to help your projects flow smoothly.
Visit resourceAnalytics for Agencies
Our friends at Kickpoint created a course that clarifies Google Analytics and related tools, providing useful insights to your clients.
Visit resourceBureau of Digital Affairs
Keep up with this one. It's a solid hub for PM events around North America.
Visit resourceCodecademy
Codecademy can teach you how to code at any level with its easy-to-follow hands-on courses. Best of all, it's free.
Visit resourceSkillshare
If you can think it, Skillshare probably has a tutorial on it. Learn the basics of nearly anything for dirt cheap.
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Written by
Rachel Ody
PM Operations Consultant & Coach
Rachel Ody is a systems strategist, operations consultant, and transformational leadership coach. For over twelve years, she has helped founder-led organizations fix the invisible systems that shape how people work.
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