proposals

http://www.winwithoutpitching.com/manifesto?toc

Via DrupalCamp Toronto notes of the awesome Sacha Chua (yay! she's back to Drupal development!)

Notes:

http://www.winwithoutpitching.com/we-will-specialize

http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware3/default.asp?cmd=show&ixPost=102354&ixReplies=4

Drupal Dojo Session: IT WILL BE OK, PUT DOWN THE RFP AND STEP AWAY
http://groups.drupal.org/node/84939

The primary goal for the new hastac.org is to be simple and flexible. We are an organization that is always changing, and we expect our web site to be able to evolve along with us as we expand, experiment, and learn together. In our request for proposals we outline a number of specific approaches that we think will help us accomplish our mission effectively, but no single feature is as important as the need to keep the site easy to manage and simple to change in the future.

The original: http://civicactions.com/estimating-worksheet

I really like the duration overhead estimate– the principal that if you are involved in the project, you are going to spend some unattributable overhead time simply being involved with the project.

From a Request for Proposal, some pretty good questions about our practices, policies, and offerings:

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Along with your standard practice for responding to proposals, please
address the following topics and questions in your proposal.

Design Tools and Process