[consulting] List for Independent Drupal Consultants -- Anyone?

[Dave Myburgh]

How about this: we use this list as it does include independents, and if the
powers that be object to that, then we can start a separate list?

I, for one, would be interested to hear how others manage their time,
particularly with respect to keeping track of client billable hours. At the
moment I use a small freeware timer program that can keep a list of
different timers. So when I start work on a project, I select the timer for
the project, click the start button and get to work. When I'm done, I stop
the timer. At the end of the month, I check the monthly total and bill the
client.

Up until now, I haven't done much on the project management side i.e.
keeping track of bugs, requests, etc. using an issue tracker system. I
started looking at creating a system using OG and Project modules, but a
friend suggested Redmine, which I eventually got installed and started
using. Now I just need the clients to use it. Does anyone have any ideas for
this?

Well, I think that's enough to get the ball rolling, so I'll leave it at
that for now. Looking forward to hearing from everyone else.

Dave


On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Adam Mordecai <mordecai at advomatic.com>wrote:

> The majority of people on this list are independent developers, to splinter
> it even more would cause a low traffic list to be even more low traffic.
> On Jan 10, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Sam Cohen wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm an independent Drupal consultant and I have purposely decided to not
> grow and become a web shop or work for another web shop. I like being a
> one-person operation.
>
> I think being an independent, a one man or woman "shop," comes with many
> unique challenges and I was wondering if any other Indies out there would be
> interested in starting a separate email list just for Independent Drupal
> Consultants, in order to share advice on things like time management,
> working with clients, managing work load, etc.
>
> If so, please email me at sam at samcohen.com and I'll start a list.
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
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