http://item-9.com/2010/03/freelancers-should-use-retainers-to-remove-the-guessing-from-project-estimates/ Web Design, Marketing, WordPress Development Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:17:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://item-9.com/2010/03/freelancers-should-use-retainers-to-remove-the-guessing-from-project-estimates/comment-page-1/#comment-122 ryan kovach Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:55:15 +0000 http://item-9.com/?p=659#comment-122 It was great speaking with you. I look forward to our next conversation. Keep me informed. It was great speaking with you. I look forward to our next conversation. Keep me informed.

]]> http://item-9.com/2010/03/freelancers-should-use-retainers-to-remove-the-guessing-from-project-estimates/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Closer To The Ideal » Blog Archive » Jason Pelker: web developers should seek retainers Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:12:52 +0000 http://item-9.com/?p=659#comment-116 [...] Jason Pelker makes a good point about the frequency with which projects get underestimated: 90% of the time, the freelancer is going to get screwed on the estimate. My guess is that 9.9% of the time, the client gets screwed (I use the term loosely—as long as the site is completed within the contractual constraints of the project, the client is generally happy). That leaves 0.1% of all estimates that accurately reflected the correct amount of time it took to accomplish the project. Of course, any time valuable should to be taken with a grain of salt because what takes an hour today might take 90 minutes or 45 minutes tomorrow depending on all external factors, not the least of which is distraction. [...] [...] Jason Pelker makes a good point about the frequency with which projects get underestimated: 90% of the time, the freelancer is going to get screwed on the estimate. My guess is that 9.9% of the time, the client gets screwed (I use the term loosely—as long as the site is completed within the contractual constraints of the project, the client is generally happy). That leaves 0.1% of all estimates that accurately reflected the correct amount of time it took to accomplish the project. Of course, any time valuable should to be taken with a grain of salt because what takes an hour today might take 90 minutes or 45 minutes tomorrow depending on all external factors, not the least of which is distraction. [...]

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