As web development projects evolve into more complex applications that include advanced capabilities such as collaborative filtering and seemless API integration with various vendors, it becomes drucial that the independent web development freelancer has a better grasp of project management to make their projects progress more efficiently. gone are the days when developing a website consists of hosting a website, and applying a web design to a few static pages of HTML. Todays IT clients want full end to end web solutions, and those providing the solution need to have a firm grasp of life-cycle development.


Essentially, project management is what a developer uses to make sure a project is completed on time, within budget, within scope, and to the customers satisfaction. usually a project is broken down into several components, and then each component is broken down into several tasks. For example, website design might be a component, and each page that is being designed in HTML might be a task. I typically assign priorities to each task, and keep track of the level of completion of each task and each component, so that my clients can follow my progress. i give each task a status, so that i can easily find tasks i am currently working on, and the client can see what tasks are complete. When look at a project in this fashion, you'll have a better overall picture of where you are in a project, and what is left to be done. Other benefits of project management include being able to properly bill for your development, and finish projects on time.

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