[consulting] (no subject)

[Michael Thorne]

Superwoman ...

I would strongly advise that you put together a thorough RFP in which you
detail the requirements of the project, pointing to sites that offer the
features that you want to see on your site, and post it somewhere like on a
google doc that you can point people to.  That way you'll get a lot of eyes
looking over the project, and you'lll be much more likely to get contacted
by developers who are ready and capable of handling what your project
requires.  Surely, after hiring 4 developers and giving them the down
payment to start work, you must have a very clear vision of the project,
right?

Another thing to consider ... If you still don't have a clear project
proposal, detailing all of the deliverables, then before you pay the 50%
down, you may want to start the process by paying someone an hourly
consultation rate until they provide you with evidence that they have a
clear vision for what your website will be.  That will give both of you time
to assess each other while not making a large commitment.  By the time the
developer is ready to begin real design and/or development work, you'll know
how good their communication skills are and whether they really understand
the needs of your project.

Good luck.

Michael
*Open Chimp
**evolving the internet through open source drupal websites*



On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Mehboob Alam <malam at thinkx.com> wrote:

> "Fool me once, shame on you.." scenario comes to mind.. after the third
> time, the client should look inward and figure out what they might be doing
> wrong. It takes both sides working to make a project successful.
>
>
> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Sam Cohen <sam at samcohen.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok, first developer situation goes bad -- and unfortunate.
>>
>> The second goes bad, less common, but it happens.
>>
>> Four contracts with four developers, four 50% deposits, and the site still
>> isn't live.
>>
>> Well, something is seriously wrong here.
>>
>> I'd be curious for you to share more details about the situation.
>>
>> Sam
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Ashish Gupta <
>> ashish.gupta at tekritisoftware.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Superwoman, not sure if you got my mail. Please send across the
>>> details
>>> of the project to me as well so that we can take the discussion further.
>>>
>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>
>>> Ashish Gupta
>>> Vice President - Business Development
>>>
>>>
>>> Tel.      : +91-9313338550
>>> Email    : ashish.gupta at tekritisoftware.com
>>> Address : 726 Udyog Vihar Phase V,Gurgaon - 122016 India
>>> Website : www.TekritiSoftware.com
>>>                    www.webPRmanager.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: consulting-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:
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>>> On Behalf Of superwoman at superwoman.org.au
>>> Sent: 09 May 2009 14:18
>>> To: A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers
>>> Subject: Re: [consulting] (no subject)
>>>
>>> No condescending tone from me pity u took it that way. Im just
>>> frustrated.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the offer brian I will send an email off the post with a more
>>> detailed explanation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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