Questions tagged [project-management]
Project management is the planning and organization of an organization's resources in order to move a specific task, event or duty toward completion.
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How do you keep track of the details for the different websites you maintain?
I have multiple websites, mainly in Wordpress, that I manage and I need to share the details of those sites and everything about the customer's online presence in a centralized location with the ...
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How do I write a killer proposal on Upwork as a newbie?
I am a freelancer by profession. I have worked for a long time in the field. Recently I have shifted to Upwork. As the platform is very good for freelancers, more and more people are joining here. I ...
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Client continuously asking for new logo concepts and he is not sure of what he wants. How do I deal with him?
I have a new client for whom I am designing a vector logo. I provide 3 concepts and he is supposed to choose one of them based on which I will be making unlimited revisions.
Unfortunately, even though ...
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My client frequently asks me for Zoom meetings over a project. How do I deal with him?
I have a client who is frequently asking me to conduct Zoom meetings for a very low-budget project which is under progress. Before starting the project, I wasn't aware that he will be asking for ...
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How to handle difficult to meet requirements on freelancing projects
I want to hire a freelancer to develop a machine learning algorithm. In order for the algorithm to provide any value I need it to work correct in over 95% of cases, which is a very difficult ...
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Should you send a detailed process of how you'll handle a project to the client?
I spoke with a client via chat, he sent me the project details and what he's looking for. Then I built my proposal, detailing every task and step of what I'll do, delivery time and budget needed, then ...
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Create project from approved estimate with task budgets?
I keep bumping my head against this freelancer/contractor workflow issue.
I'd like to be able to create a project from an approved estimate with a click or workflow or zap, along with the amount ...
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How do I dispute anopther freelancer correctly with upwork, as a freelancer?
I am a freelancer, who hired a freelancer to do some webpage work, using upwork. I am new to the upwork platform. This freelancer, over Christmas break,charged three 40 hour weeks in which , as far as ...
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Source control systems for independent single/small group developers
I occasionally work with subcontractors using Visual Studio 2012+ but don't understand how to properly handle change control in this situation, since we're all separate entities and don't work ...
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When Cold Pitching is Too Successful
Last week I sent out cold pitching email to a few websites with three article ideas.
In the past, I've sent out tens of emails and only received one or two responses. This time, I sent out six ...
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Which IT fields / IT specializations are most suitable for 100% remote work as a freelancer/contractor/self-employed?
I would like to know which IT specializations are most suitable for 100% remote work as a freelancer / self-employed. Both in theory and in practice.
How to find clients and companies that are okay ...
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Should I work for free if client's requirement changed
I have a client. There was one specific limitation of the solution we were implementing. I made sure to tell him about it, and he said it's fine.
Now later when it's implemented that way, he feels, ...
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How to effectively handle obsessive personal client calls during regular office hours
I have a new local client who simply won't stop calling me during my office hours.
I do attend to calls of all my clients. But he calls me and discusses everything about the project over phone only, ...
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Can a client deduct additional work from my price?
I finished a recent website project which took too much time for a low price. I delivered the project completed (without excluding potential minor bugs). After delivery, they informed me of something ...
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How to run several projects simultaneously?
Many times through my career I bumped into the situation when I had to run several projects simultaneously.
Is there any techniques available to keep track on them both?
My main concern that when ...
