The valuation of each IT project involves a considerable risk of making mistakes that will affect the whole project. Can they be avoided and how? How not to enter a large number of unprofitable tasks?
Tasks First
The customer generally provides a story. It is the purpose or scope of a project. Under the term “story” lies the client's story about the functionality that a particular project is ought to implement. The most important role in the valuation of a project plays the method of how “the story” will be broken down into individual tasks or subtasks. Most often, a story can be divided into modules, functionalities or views. The choice of the separation depends on the detail of the story and its specificity, character. A good division of tasks in a project is already half the success. This is really the first thing to do. It is up to agood division of a project to succeed in the whole process of valuation. A good, detailed task structure allows you to get a preview for the entire system. You can realize what the developer will ultimately need to do to get the effect. From the perspective of the whole story, it is not so simple to point out.
Collect information about customer needs and expectations
Of course, it is impossible to hide that collecting as much customer information as possible to find out what he actually expects, what matters to him, what are the needs or expectations of a given order, is really of great importance in this case. Here, the simplest and most effective solution is simply to ask the customer a large number of inquisitive questions. Also, the client needs to be listened to actively. The person executing the order must be eager to help the customer and take great care of him/her. An experienced freelancer should be able to correctly identify the expectations and needs of his clients. After hearing the other party, the freelancer must determine whether the order can be realized and to what extent.
Understandable and clear costs -care must be taken
It is worth remembering to accurately save the billing of each of the implemented stages. At startup, payment dates mustbe specified. In practice, many freelancers break payments into three stages. The first is an advance payment, which generally covers between 30 and 50% of the value of a given order. The second stage is paid after the sketch of the project is delivered to the client. This is from 25 to 40% of the order value, depending on the value of the order. The third payment takes place only after the completion of the work, when the principal makes final acceptance. It is worth considering all this when issuing an invoice for services.
Proper planning key to success
Even the greatest specialist has limited processing powers. Freelancer cannot assume that he or she can devote whole days including weekends to work on a project. Rest is very
important. Without it, thereis no effective work. When setting a realization schedule for a given order, you need to take into account also leisure time, weekends, etc. Otherwise, you can plan your activity badly, which will make the customer unsatisfied with the cooperation with the freelancer.