Panelists: Amye Scavarda (moderator), Chris Strahl, Vanessa Turke, Seth Brown, Rachel Scott
Palante Technology Cooperative
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03.05.2011
Palante Tech is heading to Chicago! Jon and I are flying in on Monday morning; he'll be attending CiviCon and I'll be attending DrupalCon while Mila and Joseph hold things down back in NYC.
08.05.2010
I participated in this panel at the Progressive Technology Project's REVERB training for community organizers working on issues around immigration. Below are notes I wrote before my presentation and a few jotted down quickly during the panel itself. I encourage Jane and Eric, my co-panelists, and everyone else who was there (or not!) to contribute additional thoughts, tips, and comments.
07.27.2010
look at other similar projects, how long those took, what problems you ran into on those
hourly estimates, number of days
write out a narrative of the expected timeline
add a lot of padding to initial estimates
your estimate builds your client's expectations; don't inflate them artificially
if you're really honest, some clients might come back and say no; have to accept that possibility
if you do a high-end hourly estimate, you might come in under budget and the client might get a better deal
07.25.2010
Presented by Eric Goldhagen
07.25.2010
Presented by Joshua Jabbour
Centralized Version Control