Making accurate estimates/proposals for projects BoF

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Posted by orbgasm on July 10, 2010 at 4:45am

I spoke with a lot of people lately who were interested in talking about this topic, so I would like to get a BoF going where we can all share our experiences with estimating project durations. It would be nice to hear from people who work with a company and those who are freelancers as well, to get a feel for what's common and what's not when getting a proposal together.

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Interested

Posted by fathershawn on July 10, 2010 at 3:17pm
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I'm in. Won't be there Sun. morning though...

Drupaling in NYC since 2009!

I'd be interested in this.

Posted by thebuckst0p on July 10, 2010 at 3:30pm
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I'd be interested in this. I'd also be interested in discussing an experience with a project that I told the client was not estimable -- it was an open-ended repair job in which estimating the whole scope would have taken weeks. (The client accepted that tradeoff and I got the project, but they quickly started getting antsy about the scope and asking for estimates, and re-asserting the original premise was a continuing challenge.) Has anyone else had projects like this?

Ben Buckman
New Leaf Digital.com

Plus 1

Posted by mrynearson on July 10, 2010 at 8:49pm
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I'm in.

I'm there.

Posted by nycjomo (not verified) on July 13, 2010 at 3:53am
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I'm there.

Interested

Posted by tomsherlock on July 17, 2010 at 3:34am
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Although i have more to absorb from than contribute to this BOF.

I'm interested too

Posted by Drupalgoddess on July 17, 2010 at 4:06am
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I'm interested too

Hally Gruber
917 454 8270

Estimates, Proposal Rates

Posted by fredjet on July 24, 2010 at 5:15am
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I am interested, would be most likely to attend and participate at 3:40-4:40pm Sat.