id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 12067 Willis, Laurie Tackling the Big Projects 2020-03-16 3 .pdf application/pdf 1327 128 73 Tackling the Big Projects: Do it Yourself or Contract with a Vendor? Sometimes we contract with a vendor to do the bulk of the work, sometimes we do the project Here at San Jose Public Library we were faced with two large projects at once—a website simultaneously working with the vendor we would likely have chosen for the website project on the Timing for the vendor-led project, on the other hand, kept to the planned timeline. Working with a vendor, on the other hand, limited what we were able to do but the decision -making For the website project, implementation turned out to be more complex than expected. • Staff time—Although the vendor did most of the work, the project did consume significantly more staff time than expected as we worked through every detail. Whether your project is a new website or catalog or something else entirely, learn as much as you can ./cache/12067.pdf ./txt/12067.txt