Comments on: Estimating – The Lost Art http://www.harbott.com/2009/03/23/estimating-the-lost-art/ Behind the scenes, following the code, business, design, marketing and inspiration of a CTO in a software company. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:51:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Arif http://www.harbott.com/2009/03/23/estimating-the-lost-art/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Arif Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:26:13 +0000 http://www.harbott.com/?p=213#comment-30 Yes you are right in this market it is all about compromise on budgets. Yes you are right in this market it is all about compromise on budgets.

]]> By: Jonathan Phillips http://www.harbott.com/2009/03/23/estimating-the-lost-art/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Jonathan Phillips Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:03:21 +0000 http://www.harbott.com/?p=213#comment-29 This depends on how clever you are with the relationship ;o) ...it is not difficult to find out the ballpark figure - the problem lies in the budget normally being too low and the impending proposal being far too expensive for them. This depends on how clever you are with the relationship ;o)

…it is not difficult to find out the ballpark figure – the problem lies in the budget normally being too low and the impending proposal being far too expensive for them.

]]> By: Arif http://www.harbott.com/2009/03/23/estimating-the-lost-art/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Arif Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:53:06 +0000 http://www.harbott.com/?p=213#comment-27 It would be great if the customer would tell you their budget, 99% of the time they usually are tight lipped. A lot of these techniques are usually used to estimate the time of the project. You can then assign a price to a unit of time to arrive at a project cost. It would be great if the customer would tell you their budget, 99% of the time they usually are tight lipped.

A lot of these techniques are usually used to estimate the time of the project. You can then assign a price to a unit of time to arrive at a project cost.

]]> By: JP http://www.harbott.com/2009/03/23/estimating-the-lost-art/comment-page-1/#comment-26 JP Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:04:11 +0000 http://www.harbott.com/?p=213#comment-26 ...and No.7 7. Ask the customer what his budget is... …and No.7

7. Ask the customer what his budget is…

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