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Carl Coryell-Martin  
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 More options Jul 24 2012, 8:12 pm
From: Carl Coryell-Martin <c...@coryellmartin.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:12:28 +0800
Local: Tues, Jul 24 2012 8:12 pm
Subject: Re: [HackerspaceSG] How do yo quote a client?
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My suggestions:

- start with time and materials with frequent (weekly or daily) delivery of
interim features so that you know that you're on the right track.  (Pivotal
Labs makes a nice tool to help keep track of stories in this fashion call
http://pivotaltracker.com). Clients will freak out about t&m, one approach
to solve this is to offer a money back guarantee if they are unhappy with
the progress after the first two weeks.

- raise your hourly rate until it makes you ill and people start turning
you down. Remember that you won't be able to bill hourly full time so aim
for at least a rate where you're comfortable billing 20 hours/week and you
should be okay.

- for estimates, break things down into a small pieces as you can, estimate
those and then add 15-30% for 'undiscovered scope'.

good luck!

-Carl C-M

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Martin <martin.brochh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> And never forget: Just ask for more. You might just get it.

> Cheers,
> Martin

> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Meng Weng Wong <mengw...@gmail.com>wrote:

>> couple of book recommendations:

>> for people who run software development houses:

>> http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Professional-Service-Firm-ebook/dp/B00...

>> for solo freelancers:
>> http://www.amazon.com/Free-Agent-Nation-Transforming-ebook/dp/B000FA5...

>> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-k...<http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-key...>

>> for people who don't know if they want to go solo as a freelancer, start
>> their own company, work for a dev shop, or work for a company:

>> http://www.amazon.com/Brainfruit-Turning-Creativity-into-ebook/dp/B00...

>> On Jul 24, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Mingming Wang wrote:

>> Hi Andy & Subh,

>> Thank you for the reply! Software estimation is ok but the price we quote
>> our client.

>> I think do a calculation on man hour estimation * hour rate can be a good
>> beginning. Also need to consider the cost for graphic support.

>> Before all the clients are gone once I give them a number...maybe I was
>> just trying to reject them by giving a high price.

>>  --
>> --
>> Chat: http://hackerspace.sg/chat

>  --
> --
> Chat: http://hackerspace.sg/chat


 
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