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Aren't the estimates a bit on the higher side? Moreso in terms of time than costs. A barebones mobile app shouldn't take 6-9 months to develop.
by puranjay 8y ago
Aren't the estimates a bit on the higher side? Moreso in terms of time than costs. A barebones mobile app shouldn't take 6-9 months to develop.
- newsbinator 8y agoYes and no. A barebones mobile app is fast to develop when you're working with experienced people who know what they want. If you're working with first-timers, you have to account for 3 - 5 major redesign decisions along the way. There are valid techniques for mitigating this: educating the client, setting clear expectations, delineating desired outcomes, having an iron-clad contract, charging for modifications, etc. Each of those approaches is arguably good/bad in terms of project management on consulting work. But at the end of the day, if you work on tech projects with first-timers, there's going to be a learning curve, and that learning curve is going to 2x or 3x your dev time, if you're smart about it. Or 10x your dev time if you're not.
- HillRat 8y agoI’m just trying to figure out how an estimate is supposed to cover PMO, design, dev, QA, and deployment for $70K over 6-9 months. That’s ... an unusual cost and time breakdown, to put it mildly.
- kfrzcode 8y agoOh yeah - that's why their 70% discounted hybrid MVP solution is advertised at the end of the calculator... they're trying to sell their services by showing extreme stats imo.
- patd 8y agoI entered data matching a barebones web app I’m currently building on nights and weekends and it also said 6-9 months and $48k. I’m wondering if the minimum isn’t just 6-9 months.