We should be careful with discounts in our industry, lest people think they can something for nothing. The best advice I've gotten is that clients should "feel the pain." If we lower our estimates, it should be because we've taken something away: one less design iteration, fewer usability tests, etc. The long term effect I'm worried about is a financial de-valuing of the worth of our work as designers.
Outside of design consulting field, Professional A/V vendors (a world I'm close to as a production manager) include "nice to haves": useful-but-non-essential equipment, specialized people dedicated to tasks that could be shared among existing hired staff, etc. Vendors start off with estimates geared toward people who can write a check. But regardless of the economy, I start trimming out stuff that would be nice if it fit the budget, but that we can live without on the current go-round. And you can bet when the event producers I work with can afford it, I'll have those things in mind and bring them back in. - Nasir` ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
