EE Project Checklist

Owner of Bright Rocket and EE Insider guest author James Buckley posted his own ExpressoinEngine Designers Website Checklist after seeing Emily Lewis talk about it at the latest Engine Summit.

After attending the 2012 Engine Summit and hearing Emily Lewis talk about the value of having checklists to keep her work organized, I was inspired to pull together a checklist of my own which I’ve shared below. I set these up in my project management software ActiveCollab and copy them to each new project as needed.

I’ve organized the list by a few of the key project milestones I tend to plan around. My unique twist on this checklist is that as I develop websites in ExpressionEngine, point out where various EE addons can help make certain tasks easier, faster or better. You’ll notice I list several alternatives for each item as each tends to do things a little differently and I like to make a case-by-case decision about which addon is right for each project.

A reliable checklist is always something you need for a project and you could easily put this one into Basecamp or even set up a project template in OmniFocus.

I especially like his follow-up tasks for making sure the client doesn’t need anything 3-6 months after the site launched This also a good way to get additional work on a site you built.