The Project is Finally Complete.
Or Is It?

by David Zemens

stop.gifI’m addicted to designing websites. I mean really addicted.

The devil, in this case, is in the details. In your experience, do the last 5% of the details of site design take up about 80% of your time? I just can’t seem to finish a project. No, I don’t mean that I get lazy and put it off. What I mean is that the details never, ever seem to be satisified.

Don’t get me wrong, I know it is important to pay attention to the details when designing a website. After all, it is the details that probably set your site apart from the others. Attending to the details is a good thing. Obsessing over the details is what I am talking about. I have a hard time completing a project because it always seems there is one more detail to attend to. And one more detail after that. And so on. You get the picture.

How to you handle this problem? Please tell me there is a way I can finally knock out the “last” detail of a web design project!

May 25th, 2007 | Web Stuff


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4 Comments & Trackbacks to “The Project is Finally Complete.
Or Is It?”

 

#1 Respiro the logo design guy had this to say:
Posted: May 25th, 2007 at 8:58 am

This is a well-known problem. I believe that there is a certain point where any web designer should stop searching for new and new creative ideas. That point has to be discovered… ;)

#2 David Zemens says in reply:
Posted: May 25th, 2007 at 9:09 am

I am still discovering that point, I guess. At the moment, it’s a bit frustrating. I try to do the best I can for the client, but there is some point when I have to call it quits! Thanks for the comment.

#3 Mike Cherim had this to say:
Posted: May 25th, 2007 at 10:18 am

I’m the same way, but to me it’s all part of the learning and perfection of the craft. If you obsess over the details it’s a good sign that your clients are really going to get their money’s worth, that it’ll be as accessible as it can be, and to me that’s not a bad thing. Where’s the cut-off… delivery of the project is one. But otherwise, there is no cut-off until the site is perfect (assuming it’s a site that I can get back into to apply what I know, and this is done on an as time permits basis.

#4 David Zemens says in reply:
Posted: May 25th, 2007 at 11:39 am

If you obsess over the details it’s a good sign that your clients are really going to get their money’s worth, that it’ll be as accessible as it can be, and to me that’s not a bad thing.Mike Cherim

I agree, MIke. It’s a good thing, but I have to learn where to draw the line. Getting back to a finished project as time permits is what I need to strive for.

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