Session: Leading effective WordPress projects with limited resources

Date: Friday, July 13, 2018
Time: 3:00 - 3:45 pm (CDT) (UTC-05:00)
Location: Simon Hall 110
Format: General Lecture Session

Session description

You have been asked to lead a WordPress project or team and expectations are high—your institution demands a first-class user experience with the utmost professionalism. And yet, financial and human resources constraints abound, presenting significant management challenges. How can you exceed expectations with a fraction of the budget and team size of a typical agency or corporate setting?

This presentation will describe the methods and tools used by MIT Sloan Management Review's digital media team to consistently deliver exceptional results despite a limited budget and a full-time staff of just two.

You will learn how to creatively staff, plan, organize, manage and track projects using virtual, distributed teams. Through examples and case studies you will leave with an understanding of how to lead a successful WordPress project despite limited resources

Recent research published in MIT Sloan Management Review will be included.

This session was not recorded as requested by the speaker.

Presenter

Sean M. Brown

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Director of Digital Media, MIT Sloan Management Review

Sean leads a virtual team of 10 fine folks shaping and shipping bits at MIT Sloan Management Review, a digital-first publication targeted at management practitioners, leaders and academics.

A 60 year old publication, MIT SMR launched on WordPress 2.7 (Coltrane) nearly 10 years ago. Its GitHub repository has over 5,000 commits and 240+ releases.

When AFK, Sean is a hiker, MTBer, trail builder and backyard farmer.

Sessions

  • General Lecture Session: Leading effective WordPress projects with limited resources