RE: FN-FORUM Honest advice needed!

date posted 23rd January 2002 17:44

I think you have it in a nutshell

Andrew

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I'm relatively new to this forum too.
I've been working as a self-employed web / software developer for about 3
years.

I agree that Project Management is very important.
But I am very unlikely to use your services.

Possibly because our projects are rarely big enough.

But,
we've just landed a really big project.

However,
we've tried using various different Sales people,
and the problem is that the best people at sales is us,
because we understand the business, the industry and the technology.

Similarly,
I feel that the best people to manage our projects are us.

If we get snyded out with work,
then what we need are more developers.

At that point, we take on more of a project management / consultancy role,
and the new developers do more of the work.

I don't know how representative of others this view is.

But that's my honest opinion, since you asked.



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From: Michelle Dossantos [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 3:51 PM
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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