How to make a Mobile Project quote
Semi-serious guide to make quote in an almost real scenario
Before starting
We meet a cool guy asking us for a quote for his amazing new business
app description
- a couple of button
- a loading image
- one text saying "Hello world"
the client
THIS IS SPARTA!
step 1
Making a quote for iOS platform only
- 1 day of development (from project specs)
- 3 days for meetings, calls, emails, and annoying stuff
- 2 days fixing some extra misunderstanding
- risk factor 2x (being optimistic)
total: 12 work days
STEP 2
Meeting the client
- Can you make a quote for android too?
- 10 days of development (specs + extra)
- 5 days for some device UX difference between iOS & Android
- 5 days more to optimize for 345 screen ratios
- risk factor 3x (yes i know, I'm very very very optimistic)
the second proposal will be around 60 works days
the total project will take you around 105 work days
without testing
The real case: step 3
customer: 105 days? Wow, I didn't realise was that expensive.
There's a guy on eLance that can do it for $9/hour in 15 days
you
How to make a Mobile Project quote
By Paolo Mosca
