David Lockie, who has previously talked at WordCamps about his journey from solo freelancer to 50 person agency owner, will lead this workshop. He’ll be exploring ways everyone can look after business interests while delivering amazing work for your clients. The session will include practical exercises that will help identify pain points, ways you can tackle challenges, and some indispensable advice that David wishes someone had told him in the early days of Pragmatic. Whether you’re a freelancer looking to tighten up the way you work, an agency employee who wants to share some ideas with your boss, or a business owner looking to share ideas with like-minded peers, you’ll take away some tools that will help you run better projects and keep clients and colleagues happy.

1. WordPress Business Toolkit:
De-risk & plan your digital project
David Lockie // WordCamp Brighton // August 2017

2. Why de-risking is important
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3. The Toolkit
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Discovery PlaybackDefinition
Discovery & Definition

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User
Stories
Risk
Register
SOW
Technical
Spec
Project
Plan

6. Workshop Task:
Define & De-risk Project X
Documents:
http://bit.ly/wcbtn-toolkit
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7. Task: Project X User Stories
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Project X User Stories
As... I need... So I can...

9. Task: Project X Risk Register
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10. Project X Risk Register
Type Description Risk Impact Likelihood Mitigation
Risk What it is Impact if it happens?
How likely is it
to happen?
What’s the action you can take to avoid and
respond to the risk

11. Did we de-risk Project X?
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12. Toolkit Q&A
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13. Thanks!
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