On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Fred Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> So: > a 5 minute job takes 10 hours. > a 2 hour job takes 4 days > a 3 day job takes 6 weeks > a 2 week job takes 4 months > etc. > > Probably a lot closer to accurate in most cases. ;) > Amen to that. Most of us have never done fixed-price contracts. Maybe some have done it *once,* never twice. I'd also wager a bunch of money that most of us, even with an hourly agreement, have put in many "free" hours when our actual hours and estimate begin to diverge too far for our comfort. Right? Ken Even with a well-defined specifications document, there is a pretty big gap between what the customer and you envision. --- 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/CAFyV=lky3rpoz+3js2ngxwyrse29trs0hsnj+rsr1ep5lzk...@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.
