Part two of a conversation between Rob Dempsey of LifeOfTheFreelancer.com and myself. In this part we dig into the intersection of freelancing and distributed teams: the phenomenon of ad-hoc teams composed of independent consultants who come together to work on a specific project. If you’re a freelancer trying to figure out how you can take on bigger jobs, you need to check out this episode.
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Show notes:
- Rob’s site is lifeofthefreelancer.com, @lifeofthefree on Twitter.
- Since this podcast was recorded, he also launched The Itinerant Entrepreneur.
- Shane & Peter is a web development consultancy that organizes teams of independent consultants to take on larger projects.
- We discussed using Campfire from 37Signals for team chat.
Iteration-based contracts seem to be trending. Highgroove in Atlanta does the same: http://napkin.highgroove.com/articles/2010/02/23/iteration-based-contracts