My New Job

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    The bulk of the design and development is going to be outsourced to a third party in California (I'm in Vancouver) that was decided upon before I became involved because they specialize in web commerce and that's where we're heading, but in-house the web team consists of just me and it seems that I'll be acting as project manager.

    Since I haven't actually *started* the job yet I lack a few hard details such as when the site needs to go live or even what our budget is.

    I'm sorry if I'm being a bit nebulous here, but what I'm hoping to get is an idea of what I'll need to make the learning curve managable and to be able to efficiently provide this firm in California with what they need. Like the site map, for example. I can do it in Excel, Notepad, Illustrator, on cocktail napkins, and so on, but if there's some sort of standard or preferred format or software for this, I'm all over it.

    I'm not concerned about design related software (ie. Adobe/Macromedia stuff) because I've got what I need, but if MS Project has the tools I need to keep my shit together I'll definately make a case for it.

    Again, I know I'm probably not being very clear about what I'm asking, but I appreciate the suggestions. Please also understand that this is not just a new position for me but for the company as well. Before, the web work was handled by only a couple in-house people who, frankly, didn't know what the hell they were doing so I would like to do this right, but like I said, I don't have much time to do so. :\

    Thanks again!

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