Value, profit and creativity.

How to Deliver Creative Projects at a Profit?

Whether you manage a creative firm that provides professional services or software development you pay your team based on time or deliverables. But your customers pay you for results. Your challenge is to deliver creative project work at a profit.

Why you should read this book?

• problems - we studied creative agencies, software houses, game developers and many more - we tackle problems you face daily
• tested approaches - we talk about real life tactics used by succesful companies
• batteries included - you can take it to a meeting and use as is
• no fluff - we focus on delivering tools and just that - we don't sell any methodology or require you to implement one

Creative projects require a balancing act: you need to deliver enough value to your customers to keep the lights on and you need to invest in learning at an individual skill and team capability level to remain competitive over the long run.

We focus on the questions that can help you manage and deliver creative projects at a profit. This book is part of an ongoing study, it will be updated as we conduct further research.

What are the problems we write about?

Here are some of the challenges we write about:

• project value analysis - was that project actually worth doing? should I do next one?
• planning - how to stay above water on a creative project?
• lessons learned - how to avoid repeating the same mistakes time and again? How to grow and evolve as a team?
• profit and revenue - what can you derive from a project beyond money?
• investing in capabilities - what are good indicators your business would benefit from new tools, equipment, or additional staff?