Cost to develop Jobs Site
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- ********
I have a client that wants to develop a large employment site...he is fully funded but thinks that it should be no more than a week's work.
Can anyone point me to articles or papers that can show what is involved in developing a large scale site? Not looking for specific costings...just something that will succinctly explain that there is more to developing a large scale site than the front end!
Thanks
- ********0
Why would you need that?
Look at the project, fragmentize and calculate and present him a fair price based on your calculation, which should include a bit of room for the unforseen.
I mean, in short:
You should be the one, as a designer/expert to explain the pricing and explain the details.If you need to hire a programmer you should let him/her hand you a specific quote.
- ********0
Thanks for the response, but with respect...I have already stated that I have presented him enough from my end, including a proposal and quotation.
What I am looking for is a bit of substantive evidence and or case studies. If I wanted to be told how to suck eggs, I would have asked.
- JG_LB0
damn.
well in case you aren't sure.
boil an egg..
take shell off egg..
open mouth..
stick tongue out..
gulp.jk
- lvl_130
if you need to explain that a large employment site will take longer than a week for a dev. to a client, you don't need any advice or backup articles explaining otherwise! quite honestly, you need to get the fuck away as fast as you can! i mean, seriously, a "fully-funded" client should know this and is either trying to get a cheap deal, or the overall "funds" are much smaller than they claim.
you should not have to back this up. and more importantly, they should already know that a week worth of dev. for a large employment site is to be completely built and fully functioning is beyond RIDICULOUS!
- ********0
^ yup.
- joyride0
http://www.ap-engineering.com/mp…
if you put together an accurate proposal, stick by it, if you can't meet his demands walk away, you'll never satisfy them, even if you hit his deadlines... he'll find something you didn't do.
A good leader/client/boss/etc. understands that you cannot rush greatness, but rather, encourages you to achieve it
- rafalski0
Shopping around is his job, not yours..
And then, a week is what customizing a ready-made solution could take (before testing), ie http://www.taleo.com