I often hear business owners or entrepreneurs lamenting the difficulty of hiring and working with contract web developers. Common complaints are "not enough contact", "they're hiding the coders from me", "too slow", "too expensive", and "nobody comes to this website I paid a fortune for".
As a whole, we contractors can be doing a lot of things better. But clients have a role in this too. I would argue that the trend towards agile software development has increased the role of the principal. No longer can you just throw a spec sheet into a darkened cubicle, kick back, and wait for your software. Not if you want good software, at least.
There is a lot to the principal-client relationship. It's critically important that both parties hold up their end of the bargain. If either fails, the result is a lousy product that winds up over-budget and late.
I'll be writing a series of blog posts on this topic in the coming weeks. It's a lot of material to cover, but I hope that anyone who wants to hire a web developer will gain some knowledge that just might save some time and headache.
Enough of the intro. On to the goods...
Next Up: The Better-Cheaper-Faster Myth
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