Two Ways To Satisfy Clients

Clients approach Transparen with unique business requirements, ideas and timelines. Meeting these requirements is often accomplished in two possible ways. One way is expensive and will take a long time, and the costs and timelines are completely unknown and unknowable (although we are experienced enough to provide ballpark estimates). The other way provides insights early on, and enables the clients to participate in decision-making that will impact the final outcome, while also making it possible to predict timelines and costs. After following this process, with an initial cost, clients who choose the latter route can sail through the rest of the project with fewer surprises and often a much shorter timeline and lower bottom-line capital requirements.

First Part of Project Management is the Design Process

In our experience with projects and project management, the best results have been obtained when clients engaged Transparen for a consultative design process for projects with budgets greater than one thousand dollars, or in general in any situation where there were any concerns about being able to predict the final cost and the amount of time that will be required.

Design Process Creates Project Plan

A consultative design process is important because making as many decisions as early as possible, from the point of view of understanding the big picture, creates a common vision, or a project plan, which enables software developers to concentrate on their individual components without needing to worry about whether they really understand what needs to be done.

Project Plan Reduces Risks of Late Projects

Without a project plan, a project may become very late and far exceed its budget, even if the majority of work is performed by inexpensive software developers in India or Pakistan, since there will be misunderstandings about what the developers are supposed to accomplish. On the other hand, a project could come in on-time and under-budget even performed by the most expensive developers in Canada, the USA, Great Britain, or Ireland if the design decisions have been made carefully and with the support of the project sponsors. Once a solid plan is in place, then it is possible to generate a reasonably accurate estimate for how much time and money will be involved in the follow through.