Summary: <p>We welcome Rob Walling from Drip to the podcast today. Today we discuss how to navigate and manage the development process of a SaaS product. We all share our experiences with the excitement and frustrations of working with developers.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Launching a new product is hard enough, but when you factor in the time, energy, and troubleshooting that goes into a project, then the level of stress can be crushing. We discuss these stresses and how we dealt with them. Or in some cases how we’re currently dealing with them. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="TT_wrapper"> <div class="TT_text"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=As%20the%20non-developer%20founder%2C%20you%20have%20to%20somehow%20stay%20positive%20throughout%20the%20whole%20thing.%20%E2%80%93%20Jordan%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2F128-managing-development-process-w-rob-walling%2F" target="_blank">As the non-developer founder, you have to somehow stay positive throughout the whole thing. – Jordan</a></div> <div class="TT_footer"> <div class="TT_byline">Powered By the <em><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/tweet-this/" target="_blank">Tweet This</a></em> Plugin</div> <div class="TT_tweet_link_wrapper"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=As%20the%20non-developer%20founder%2C%20you%20have%20to%20somehow%20stay%20positive%20throughout%20the%20whole%20thing.%20%E2%80%93%20Jordan%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2F128-managing-development-process-w-rob-walling%2F" target="_blank"><img src="http://bootstrappedweb.com/wp-content/plugins/tweetthis/assets/images/twitter-icons/bird1.png" alt="">Tweet This</a></div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div> </div></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today’s conversation points:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Audience Ops Calendar update.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jordan’s update on Carthook.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to manage expectations and deadlines with a SaaS project.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to build a solid foundation for a product.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of communication in a development team.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Having a back-up plan for features.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The process of from concept to developer.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why you need a good user experience.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why you need a good user interface.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to cope with time constraints and milestones.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to resolve disagreements.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">When to pull the CEO card.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to change developers or on-board new developers.</span></li> </ul> <div class="TT_wrapper"> <div class="TT_text"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Speed%20is%20the%20top%20priority%2C%20at%20the%20same%20time%20going%20into%20this%20I%20want%20to%20build%20%C2%A0this%20with%20a%20strong%20foundation.%20%E2%80%93%20Brian%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2F128-managing-development-process-w-rob-walling%2F" target="_blank">Speed is the top priority, at the same time going into this I want to build this with a strong foundation. – Brian</a></div> <div class="TT_footer"><div class="TT_byline">Powered By the <em><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/tweet-this/" target="_blank">Tweet This</a></em> </div></div> </div>
