RE: FN-FORUM Honest advice needed!

date posted 23rd January 2002 16:48

Hi Michelle,

Would this mean that you would liase directly with the client?
If so, how many people would trust that?
If not, would it not be simpler for the person who picked up the brief to do
it rather than pass it on once again?

I'm not sure about everyone else in here but we have a unique way of
providing proposals that are tailored to our skills in-house and provide an
efficient solution using those skills. I can see that if a high end solution
was required then there are generally only a couple of options but at the
SME size there are hundreds of ways of doing the job.

My other question is that we send out proposals on a speculative basis and
wondered if this would apply to you too for doing the proposal?
If not, it would be more efficient doing the proposal ourselves.

And my final question is, do your proposals contain as many spelling errors
as your email?
(well...you said be honest!)

Regards

David


-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Dossantos [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 23 January 2002 15:52
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: FN-FORUM Honest advice needed!


Dear All,

I'm new to this forum and I'm really hoping you can help me.

I've recently given up work to be a stay-at-home mum. All well and good
except I need to generate some extra income and keep my mind busy at the
same time.

I used to work as a project manager in various guises in the new media
industry and before that in backing and finance. I've also worked as a
consultant on various types of new technology; wap, e-commerce, digital tv
etc.

What I wanted to ask you all was whether or not if the service was provided
you would be interested in one that took care of analysing client
equirements and preparing suitable briefs and functional specifications.
Alot of my friends work as freelance designers and they are always
complaining that the client tries to change too many things at the last
minute and in extreme cases has even refused to pay stating that not all of
the work has been completed as first agreed (it had but feature creep had
taken over a little too much).

Having written sign-off on detailed requirements not only eliminates costly
wrangling about work done but also helps designers and developers alike to
clearly understand the scope and boundaries of the work they're undertaking
and so to prepare for the unexpected better.

I'm very adept at producing said documents and have saved the companies I've
worked for alot of money on time and resources and headaches.

I'm proposing a similar service to freelancers and small companies (if
there's a market) for a very small percentage. Under 10% of the total
project budget, not entirely sure how much would be reasonable so would
welcome advice.

I would really love you to be frank and honest as I'm investigating several
avenues at the moment and could really do with some insight into what might
be a valuable service.

Thanks
Michelle.





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