Hello, George You have lots of difficult questions :)
I'll answer based on what I have done in my previous company, so in this case, my potential client was my manager (and his clients, as it was an outsourcing company). First, I showed him how long our tests were taking, and estimated how much it would take to create Watir scripts and how much time the test runs would save us, so we could spend that time on more intellectual tasks rather than mechanical, repeated, regression tests. As for charging your clients, I would try to charge them by automated feature, after you have done a little research about the testability/"automationability" of the system. You should develop your scripts as the client needs to avoid wasting time or working on useless features. When my manager liked our automated test suite, I decided to write a nice and graphical test runner with FxRuby, so he could send it to our customers. It was all packed nicely with ruby2exe. However, I don't think I would do it again, because as far as I remember, ruby2exe is dead and doesn't work all times. Just an advice, don't sell automation as a silver bullet to their problems. Also, check out the system first, so you don't charge your customer after reaching a dead end. Regards, FK On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 1:39 PM, George <[email protected]> wrote: > I was hoping I can get some advice from you all regarding how to > utilize my Watir skills to help others automate tasks. I guess my > questions are: > > 1. How do I sell my services to a potential customer? > 2. How much should I charge for script development? Is it by the hour? > By the size of the project? > 3. Would I need to require them to install Ruby/Watir/other gems to > run the scripts or should I try to encapsulate it into an .exe file? > 4. Any other advice/insight? > > Thanks, > > George > > -- > Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before > you ask, be nice. > > You received this message because you are subscribed to > http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general > To post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. You received this message because you are subscribed to http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected]
