On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Jeff Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Those darn dogs. They get all the attention but never pay their bill. I > follow the same path that Ted does. If I can't bid a job closely, I will > propose an hourly rate and a cap of hours. Let's say 10 hours at $5,000 > per hour and I will not go over 15 hours. If it looks like it is going > over 15 hours I will talk to the client. The important thing is no > surprises. Substitute $5,000 with your hourly rate. ;^) > > "A fixed specification gets a fixed bid." And a change approval process. And an oppositional relationship with the client. Sometimes that's the right thing, depending on the client and the project. "It depends" is the consultants go-to phrase. I prefer to go with a time & materials arrangement, but this requires much more trust on the part of a client. And the consultant. It's all a part of properly managing client expectations and clearly communicating with the client. There are three axes to a project: time/schedule, budget and features. Fix one or two and flex the other, and you have the makings of a good project. Fix all three, and you're in for a ride. And sincerity. Once you learn to fake that, the rest is easy ;) Somebody ought to write a book. Oh, wait... ( http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/sdg3.htm)<http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/sdg3.htm> <http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/sdg3.htm>-- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4t2vk9gn1lrauq-zbmkl5cylpokmt+kgp9-kj0phfa...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
