OMG!!! I've "functionally" completed MLTA. I poured in a lot of hard work (except for Sat. night when I decided instead to watch both the Wallabies and Socceroos lose) and now it's looking good. Well, it's looking crap, but it does everything so tomorrow night after Real Job I'm going to put the site up and let my business partner test it. Cool!! This is a real milestone, and I'm feeling pretty good. I know that there's still a lot of hard work ahead, but there's a solid base to move forward with now.
One big secret that I'd like to share is that of manageable scope. MLTA was in danger of never seeing the light of day for a number of reasons, not least of being the amount of work I had to accomplish in the evenings after Real Job. One big turning point was reading Seth Godin's nook (mentioned in another post). Another was when I decided to cut out a lot of functionality in the initial release. The best decision I made was to drop or delay a lot of bells and whistles and focus on the core functionality that will deliver value to MLTA's user. So, the most important lesson I've learned so far is not to bite off more than I can chew :)
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