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Going IT Alone: The Handbook for Freelance and Contract Software Developers

You're reading from   Going IT Alone: The Handbook for Freelance and Contract Software Developers A detailed guide to self-employment for software and web developers - from identifying your target market, through to managing your time, finances, and client behavior

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2016
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ISBN-13 9781783001408
Length 376 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Leon Brown Leon Brown
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Going IT Alone: The Handbook for Freelance and Contract Software Developers
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgements
About the Reviewer
Preface
1. Introducing Freelancing 2. Positioning Yourself in the Market FREE CHAPTER 3. Defining Your Business Model 4. Creating a Brand 5. Networking, Marketing, and Sales 6. An Introduction to Client Types 7. Managing Clients 8. Negotiation 9. Software Development Resources, Patterns and Strategies 10. Software Development Methodology 11. Creating Quotes and Estimates 12. Project Management Appendix

Risk management


Especially in the production of quotes that you become obligated to fulfill, the management of risk is an activity that should be engaged throughout the process of the project, which starts at the point where the requirements are being investigated and prices are being calculated. In our example of providing the client with a website reservation system, we have already identified the following risk factors of concern:

  • Small project means that there is less margin for error if the estimate is wrong.

  • Small project means that we are less able to adjust the budget allocated to different parts of the project to compensate for mistakes that cost the project.

  • There are unknown factors relating to both the client and their requirements.

Counteracting risk

The first activity to engage in the production of the quote would be written terms that specify the conditions that quote will be valid. These terms are as important as the price calculated for the quote because they make sure that the...

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