Re: FN-FORUM: Creating a Web Developer organisation

date posted 13th August 2007 12:26

Neil Hook wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I mentioned the Web Developer Institute a little while ago. It's the way
> forward, to protect ourselves and to introduce some form of quality control
> here in the UK.

Not a bad name, and for me quality control is essential.

> Personally, I believe it should be open to anyone who touches the internet,
> including; Content Providers; SEO Gurus; Webmasters and; Web Developers.
> This is because they all help shape the internet and all change the way it
> works in one way or another. Therefore they should come under the quality
> umbrella.

I made a point on the group that as a self-regulating body the
membership should only allow things that the membership know about. So
if we know nothing about how to do good SEO, (unlikely) then we would
not be able to judge an applicant's ability and may well reject them so
as to protect the overall standing of the group.

SEO is a bad example, because I'm sure the membership will have lots of
people to judge if someone knows how to do a good job rather than
selling snake oil.

> I'm not saying that we're necessarily the best people to do the job.
> However, I do believe that we have a large enough audience to debate certain
> subjects and from those discussions be able to put in place some kind of
> framework.

Agreed

> Other areas that we could discuss are:
>
> -General running a business
> -ITIL service management
> -Winning clients
> -PRINCE II project management.
>
> There's probably more that I've missed out, but hey I'm no expert!

Feel free to add something to the group about this!

Regards
Richard

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