Terry, I do a lot of work for a .gov.uk site. Depending on the team you're working for, you may find them sometimes slow to pay invoices, usually due to them getting way-layed along the way rather than anything else. You just need to chase the contract manager. Also, depending on who's commissioning the site, specs can sometimes be subject to change mid-way, usually if the people commissioning the site are not all that experienced. The biggest problem however is textual and design changes, sometimes forced through from on high.
Also, you will want to really watch the standards set by e-government are adhered to as well as any operational guidelines the department has with its hosting service provider. The contracts they have with the hosts, in my experience, are pretty tight and you may well find things such as it will take up to 5 days to transfer a site from staging to live etc... Hope this helps, send me a mail if you have any other questions. Damien -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 July 2003 09:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ cf-dev ] OT - CF5 for Goverment Departments Sorry for the OT, but this seemed absolutely the best place to ask. Does anyone have good/bad/indifferent experiences on working CF projects for .gov.uk departments in the recent past? Have a possible medium-term (direct) contract coming up on Friday, and any hints/tips in this area would be appreciated. Do they pay well/on time? Can they be trusted not to change specs mid-stream, etc.? Don't ask which department, though - I may have to kill you if I told you. Terry Riley -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE NOTE: THE ABOVE MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE INTERNET. On entering the GSI, this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet (GSI) virus scanning service supplied exclusively by Cable & Wireless in partnership with MessageLabs. GSI users see http://www.gsi.gov.uk/main/notices/information/gsi-003-2002.pdf for further details. In case of problems, please call your organisational IT helpdesk -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
