Buying Web Services: The Survival Guide to Outsourcing - Softcover

Frenza, J. P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471312894 ISBN 13: 9780471312895

Publisher: Wiley, 1998

Synopsis

Your complete guide to outsourcing Web development services

The first and only complete guide to outsourcing Web services, this book helps your company get the best possible Web site for its money, while helping you to minimize the risks involved with working with outside Web developers. Expert J. P. Frenza provides a gold mine of practical information for companies of all sizes on how to:
* Decide whether or not you need an outside developer
* Find reliable Web developers
* Evaluate proposals and budgets
* Select the best developer for the job
* Develop contracts and letters of agreement
* Plan and develop site specifications
* Work with developers to design the right look and feel for your site
* Coordinate development efforts- company wide
* Manage and troubleshoot the development process
* Work with multiple subcontractors
* Cover all the critical legal bases
* Market your Web site

The companion Web site provides you with:
* Templates for vendor contracts and letters of agreement
* Links to vendors and resources
* Task checklists
* Transcripts of roundtable discussions with industry experts

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About this title

Review:

A small Web site might be a do-it-yourself project. A complex business site, however, usually requires outside help. Frenza has gathered a team with expertise in all facets of Web-site development to show you how to work with contractors to build the Web presence that's right for your business.

First, the guide helps you determine whether or not to use an outside developer. Frenza explains that the choice has as much to do with your management style as with your technical needs. Following chapters discuss such topics as determining goals; evaluating proposals and budgets; and designing, hosting, and marketing your site. The book also covers legal issues, project management, how to avoid disaster, how to work with multiple contractors, and how to develop the second-generation site after the first is completed.

Each chapter is authored by an expert on that particular topic and then edited to maintain a warm and often amusing style. While none of these chapters can make you an expert on any subject, they do provide the insights needed to communicate with your hired help, understand what they're doing, and assure that you get the results you want. --Elizabeth Lewis

From the Publisher:

The first and only complete guide to outsourcing Web services, this book helps your company get the best possible Web site for its money, while helping you to minimize the risks involved with working with outside Web developers. Expert J. P. Frenza provides a gold mine of practical information for companies of all sizes on how to:
* Decide whether or not you need an outside developer
* Find reliable Web developers
* Evaluate proposals and budgets
* Select the best developer for the job
* Develop contracts and letters of agreement
* Plan and develop site specifications
* Work with developers to design the right look and feel for your site
* Coordinate development efforts3/4company-wide
* Manage and troubleshoot the development process
* Work with multiple subcontractors
* Cover all the critical legal bases
* Market your Web site

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0471312894
• ISBN 13: 9780471312895
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400