Hey Eric,
At GW we've been doing some cost estimates for projects. Essentially we
pull together the team, figure out the different tasks that need to be
accomplished, determine who will be working on those tasks, estimate hours
necessary to do the work, and then use salaries to calculate the
Hi Rosy,
Thanks for your reply. I would greatly appreciate seeing your
spreadsheets.
We do an honorable amount of project estimation and time-tracking
here, too. We always draft a Memorandum of Understanding -- an
agreement for what work the library will provide on the project and a
It seems odd to me for the library to charge individual departments for
special projects. Although I realize it can make sense and be reasonable
in some cases, I think there are some dangers.
I mean, the library is already funded to provide services to the rest of
the university, right?
Having done my time working for in both the research
and administrative side university computing, I would also have to ask if
the development is within the library's competence, or if it is something
that would normally be handled by one of the other groups.
If it's administrative computing,
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