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catch bugs even before your work is sent to them in order to make
everyone
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s job just a little easier.
TIP
Bug/issuetrackingsoftwareisaninvaluabletoolwhenitcomestowork-
ing on a team. While I can recommend a couple that I
ve worked with in
the past (OnTime by Axosoft and Mantis Bug Tracker), a quick search
online will produce plenty of results to figure out which one is right for
your team.
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Sign-off Sheet
Because it can be a little frustrating for several people if there are
changes to be made after the work has been tested for bugs and
fixed and is ready to ship out, you
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ll want to complete another quick
task before sending it to quality control: a sign-off sheet. The
sign-off sheet should contain a checklist with items that are com-
mon to all banners that you create. Some of those items might be
that the final .swf is within the maximum file size, the width and
height of the final .swf match the specs, you have a backup image
for users without the Flash Player, and the banner matches the
original creative layout. Of course, there should be several other
items on the list, but you get the idea. Once you have checked that
all the items in the list are complete, you
ll need to get the sign-off
sheet from the designer and the person in charge of the client
account. By getting these sign-off sheets, you
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re minimizing the
chance of things like creative changes after the banners have already
been tested and fixed and are ready to go out the door.
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Prioritize
I have found that when I do receive my changes, it is best to read
through them before jumping right into making them. By doing
this, not only can you prioritize but you can also determine which
changes may affect other changes. As I
re well aware,
making changes to one piece of code can sometimes cause other
code to react in unanticipated ways. On the other hand, fixing one
problem can also sometimes cascade into correcting other errors at
the same time. When it comes to prioritizing the changes, there are
some things to consider. If the ad is acting differently in a very,
very minor way in a very particular version of a particular browser
on a particular operating system, the change that
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msureyou
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scausingthat
issue may be put lower on the list. On the other hand, if the ad
opens up and doesn
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t play or link out to anywhere, that problem
needs to go closer to the top. Now, to take it a step further, prioritize
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