On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Al Kags<
alkags@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Much has been said on this forum about government, organisations and
> companies not giving much work to developers who do are not
> companies. having spoken to a few people who could give the contracts
> etc., i understood them to say that the concerns were that their
> concerns are:-
>
> 1. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers level of quality.
> 2. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers delivery time -
> that they will deliver everything they say they will at the appointed
> time
> 3. That they require too much supervision
> 4. That they over promise.
> 5. The development of a website/application requires several
> competences - designer, IA, developer, integrator etc. The contention
> is that you guys don't/won't work together as a team.
>
> Here's a question:
>
> If an organisation/ company was to decide to do a call for entries/
> tender of sorts for a significant web project to be delivered by a
> team of freelance individuals from this forum, can it be done?
>
> The sub-parts of these question are:-
>
> a) Can you form a team consisting of Project Manager (to assure
> everything is done in time, guide the proposal making etc); Designer
> (who does outstanding designs in CSS); Developer(s) who can work well
> with Google Aps - integrate Gmaps etc into the site; mobile developer
> to develop mobile apps, etc; integrator to ensure that the site is
> seamless?
>
> b) Can your team come together and bid for the project in detail -
> including what you can put together, timelines, budgets,
> documentations etc? (Each member of the team would sign a contract and
> would be paid as an individual for their quoted rate)
>
> c) Can the team that wins the bid implement the project in such a
> seamless and timely manner, delivering such high quality that the
> project can stand up as a model that the government, organisations and
> companies can use to contract you?
>
> d) Being that this is such an untried model, would the other
> developers in the skunkworks arena support the winning team to ensure
> that they succeed in delivering the project at the highest possible
> quality and within the exact time they promised to do so? If yes, what
> is the structure that skunkworks would use to do this?
>
>
> Here's my thinking. A lot of the developers and other related
> professionals here are passionate and really good at what they do, and
> they often just need a chance. Not everyone can be employed by the
> 3mice etc of this world and so its a challenge to give everyone a
> chance.
>
> Given the concerns expressed by the client group, the onus is on
> interested people here to prove to them that the model of contracting
> individual freelance professionals here is a workable one.
>
> I know one organisation that would be interested in trying it out. So
> before they make a further move, I bring the idea here to you and ask,
>
> what is possible?
>
> --
> Al Kags
> -----------------------
> Founder, The Desturi Trust
>
http://www.alkags.com
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