General Project Management

• Project Management Institute
  http://www.pmi.org/
  • A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
    The indispensible primer on project management 2000 (current) edition at
    http://facilities.uchicago.edu/organization/promgmnt/
    electronicdocs/pdf/projman_PMBOK_guide.pdf
• Spottydog's Project Management Web Site
  http://www.spottydog.u-net.com/
• The Project Management Center
  http://www.project-management-center.com/
• Project Management Resources
  http://www.processimprovement.com/resources/spm.htm
• IT Project+ Certification
  http://www.comptia.org/certification/itproject/

Web Development Project Management

• "Managing Web Projects: Understanding project management for the Web" by Sara Fleming
  http://www.ahref.com/guides/industry/199808/0817fleming.html
• The Visual Learner's Guide to Managing Web Projects by Visibooks
  http://itwebmaster.iit.edu/resources/managingwebprojects.pdf

Pricing Models and Contracts

• Aquent Web Skill & Salary Guide (PDF)
  http://itwebmaster.iit.edu/resources/WebProfessionalPricingGuide.pdf
• Aquent Proposal Skill & Price Guide (PDF)
  http://itwebmaster.iit.edu/resources/prop_guide.pdf
• The Graphic Artist's Guild
  http://www.gag.org/
  • Graphic Artists Guild Handbook:
    Pricing & Ethical Guidelines
    Includes standard contracts
    http://www.gag.org/pegs/
• Design pricing manuals by Robert Brenner
   http://www.brennerbooks.com/
• Web Price Index from Net Marketing
  http://www.netb2b.com/wpi/

Ethics

• Association of Web Professionals Code of Ethics (now defunct, but a good code)
  http://web.archive.org/web/19980624234747/www.ipw.org/code.htm
• International Webmasters Association Code of Ethics
  http://www.iwanet.org/about/ethics.html
• Web Design and Developers Association Code of Ethics
  http://www.wdda.org/ethics.htm
• Code of Ethics Online Project
  http://www.iit.edu/departments/csep/PublicWWW/codes/codes.html

Standards of Practice

• International Webmasters Association Standards of Professional Practices
  http://www.iwanet.org/about/standards.html

The Freelance Web Developer

• Freelancing from A List Apart
  http://web.archive.org/web/20000426005518/http://www.alistapart.com/archive/19990302_020640.html
• Be a Freelance Web Builder by Amy Cowen
  http://web.archive.org/web/20000818064007/http://builder.cnet.com/Business/Freelancing/
• Freelancing in the Web World by Evany Thomas
  http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/16201.html
• FreeAgent.com: hub for freelancers, consultants and independant contractors
  http://www.freeagent.com/
• Launch!Chicago > New Economy Recruiters > Freelance > Placement
  (Site created by Kelly Markham, a graduate of the Internet Technology Webmaster program!)
  http://www.launchchicago.com/recruiters/default.shtml

See Part II for:

• Salaries
• Career Resources
• Major Web Development Firms/Agencies in Chicago

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