For the past 18 months we have been charging weekly rates per resource, but starting in January we are going back to an hourly model for most projects. The pro

For the past 18 months we have been charging weekly rates per resource, but starting in January we are going back to an hourly model for most projects. The problem we found was that even at a weekly rate clients do not have the same sense of urgency to finish a project as they do when you are billing them hourly, nor do they seem to value your time as much. So while we did get one desired affect of people feeling like we were more part of the "team", we also received a few undesirable effects, worst being clients abusing/misusing our time. While you will hear some objections over hourly, they are all easily answered and simple enough to spin into positives for both client and yourself. Stick with hourly, set minimums if you desire and move forward. Don't think about it too much.