[consulting] REVISED RFP FOR DRUPAL DEVELOPER

[Ken Williams]

It's tricky for some non-profits, particularly when an effort is funded
through foundation grants with budget parameters and line item
flexibility, but we have tech saavy people in our shop, and substantial
research on cloud applications, and there will be less of a client curve
or blank stare.   I had the pleasure of attending Drupal Con, and am
working my way through Lullabot's videos, which should help.  I
anticipate that the most important consultation area will be in the
alignment of modules to objectives and the database constructs
 
Ken Williams
Senior Technical Advisor
AED Center for Leadership Development &
Director
New Voices National Fellowship Program
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>>> Victor Kane <victorkane at gmail.com> 11/11/2010 3:45 PM >>>
Both Joel and Christopher were dialoging and what's more, they were
right. And what's more, they were helpful, on both sides. Went from 12
to 18 in ten minutes. And with the acknowledgement that custom dev would
be more, and with the acknowledgement that it depends also on the real
requirements (word conversion? yes? no?).

Now that's a consultants forum!

I've been tiredly explaining to people all week why fixed rate
"budgets" are a waste of time for everyone, this really brought it
home.

Victor Kane
http://awebfactory.com.ar 

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Matt Chapman <matt at ninjitsuweb.com>
wrote:


I didn't perceive or intend any "skewering." Seemed to me it was
consultants offering friendly advice about how to make an RFP more
attractive to developers. I'm going to guess the client who prefer
/high-quality skills/ in their service provider over mere /ambition/.

Even "ambitious developers" can get things done cheap, but rarely fast
or good. Heck, that describes my first year of Durpal consulting. I
gave a lot of people some great deals, but if I could do far better
work in half the time rebuilding those same sites today. But then and
now, I wouldn't commit to a fixed timeline that short.

All the Best,

Matt



On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Sean Effel <admin at drupaltherapy.com>
wrote:
> This list is a good way to connect clients and developers, but
skewering
> RFP authors will weaken this venue for all of us.
>
> What's more, I believe it's unprofessional to scrutinize potential
> projects in a public forum. If one has doubts about the feasibility
of
> an RFP then the choices are to either take it up with the author
> privately or let the opportunity pass on to a more ambitious
developer.
>
> Sean Effel
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