[webproducers] survey is in!!
- From: Morry Galonoy <galonoym@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 17:16:54 -0400
Sorry it took so long to get this list together. These are the replies we
got from our survey about you and web producing.
1. Where are you located (41 responses)?
26 of the 40 responses were in New York City
Other respondents were from:
USA:
Portland,
Bay Area,
New York State
Texas
Boston
Cambridge, Massachusetts
UK:
Oxford UK
London UK
Canada
Vancouver, BC Canada
2. What is your primary job title?
a. Producer/Project Manager 67%
b. IA 10%
c. Technical Producer 7%
d. Webmaster 2%
e. Other* 24%
*Other included Director of Web Development, Interface Designer, Freelancer,
Production Manager, Manager of Collaboration Technologies, Resource Manager,
Requirements Analyst, lead Web Developer
3. Are you currently employed?
a. Yes 74%
b. No 26%
4. If not employed how long have you been out of work?
a. Less than one month 0%
b. 2 months 9%
c. 3 months 27%
d. 4 months 18%
e. 5 months 18%
f. 6 months 18%
g. more than 6 months 9%
5. What's your educational background?
a. High School 0%
b. 2 year degree 5%
c. 4 year degree 46%
d. Masters or Advanced 44%
e. Other 5%
6. Do you work for?
a. Yourself (freelance) 20%
b. Full Service Agency (e.g. Razorfish) 27%
c. Boutique or Specialty 5%
d. Dvlpmt Dept within an AD or PR agency 7%
e. Consultancy (e.g. Deloite Touche) 5%
f. Internal Group of Traditional Company 15%
g. Other* 32%
*Other
7. What kind of work are you primarily engaged in?
a. Websites and Web based applications 86%
b. Content 31%
c. Games or Online Entertainment 17%
d. Specialized or Custom Software 12%
e. Direct Marketing Applications 12%
f. Kiosks 10%
g. Installations (e.g. signage, environments) 5%
h. Other* 14%
*Other teaching, intranets, user interface and product management, broadband
entertainment, business/brand strategy, localization
8. Do you/have you managed people in your job?
a. Yes 81%
b. No 19%
9. If so, how many people?
a. 1-5 44%
b. 5-10 32%'
c. 10 or more 24%
10. If you are a manager what do you think are the most important
management skills?
a. Ability to delegate work 53%
b. Ability to organize 71%
c. Ability to motivate 56%
d. Ability to mentor subordinates 35%
e. Ability to confront subordinates when they mess up 18%
f. Other
12%
*Other Ability to lead, Keep project on track schedule, budget, Ability to
communicate to a variety of people
11. What technical and other skills do you have?
a. HTML/CSS 83%
b. JavaScript/DHTML 36%
c. Perl 26%
d. C or C++ 10%
e. Authoring Tools (Director, Flash, etc.) 40%
f. Writing 86%
g. Visual Design Skills (traditional or web) 55%
h. Marketing 26%
i. UNIX 33%
j. SQL 21%
k. Other* 21%
12. What is your favorite tool for project management?
a. MS Project 56%
b. FastTrack 0%
c. Visio 31%
d. Inspiration 3%
e. Excel 28%
f. Other* 25%
*Other Don't use, Human Intervention, Outlook, Word and Photoshop, Create
own tools in HTML/Word or Excel, Illustrator
13. What is your favorite resource (books magazines, websites?)?
a. WWWAC list, gantthead.com, google, the web, metacrawler,
webproducers list, Chi-WEB, I don't know, technical coworkers, other project
managers, echo, cnet, the design of everyday things, weblogs, book-
Mastering the Requirements Process.
14. Which title do you like better?
a. Producer 69%
b. Project manager 31%
15. Would you be interested din webproducers get together in your area?
a. Yes 83%
b. No 17%
16. How did you find out about the web producers list?
a. WWWAC list 45%
b. SIG-IA list 17%
c. ITP list 14%
d. Colleague 19%
e. Other* 19%
*Other friend, DC webwomen's list
17. Would you be interested in a website for the web producers list with
list management details and links to resources online and offline?
a. Yes 90%
b. No 10%
18. Do you read the archives of the webprodcuers list that are online?
a. Yes 17%
b. No 37%
c. Didn't know they existed 54%
19. Tell us your favorite project. (Paraphrased and abbreviated from
actual responses)
· Launching and producing the movies, music, and nightclubs section of
metrobeat.com now citysearch.com
· Sex site -for obvious reasons
· Managing a web application that used very exciting futuristic
technology, with a highly skilled team spread out across 9 time zones, while
handling the creative direction and IA of the project at the same time
· Cultural Debates- co produced...valuable educational project used
throughout the world.
· Star Trek: The Books Web Site for Simon and Schuster because I got
to be creative on this from coming up with the nomenclature for the areas to
specing the site admin and functionality tools
· New Balance 2001 Redesign
· Rapid dev prototype project liked the adrenaline of a tight
deadline, love how the team clicked to work together
· E commerce site. Loved working onsite and learning more about the
client's business. Needed to understand customer service, strategic
alliances, biz dev, HR, etc.
· Managing the dev of an IA for a directory with a group of people who
were committed, interested in the project, worked well together and not
precious about their work. Enjoyable because the client also loved the work.
· The last one I finished to be replaced with the next one. The relief
always swings it for me
· Non-profit site for a park fund. Good cause and we had a lot of
design freedom.
· Now in the middle of the first project managed on own. Favorite is
the Aquinas Institute of Theology's new web site probably because my client
contact is the president of the university, so things happen as they are
supposed to.
· Content/ story telling projects
· I like the ones that allow me to work closely with clients and
educate them
· BaybyNetCenter.com because it was my first REAL/BIG project...and it
was success... and more importantly, it was one of the biggest challenges
for me professionally
· I worked with Lotus Domino when it was in beta. It was fun because I
was able to get a complex dynamic site up very quickly. When it came to look
and feel and maintenance it was a real challenge.
· The ad age magazine website back in 1996. Everything was so new and
exciting in retrospect, it holds up as one of the best sites because the
organization and design basics we set up hold up even today.
· E*Trade site
· Have only worked on one project thus far, which is the largest
account for our firm and it has been incredibly challenging.
20. How long have you been a web producer?
a. less than one year 10%
b. 1-2 years 19%
c. 2-4 years 40%
d. 4-5+ 31%
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