Whether you are creating a proposal or tender or putting together an idea for a grant application, having someone review your material with you can save you money and headaches.
It's only natural that a wish list gets created when you put a call out for developers, but what are the gotcha's on your wish list that could end up costing you thousands of dollars extra?
There are a few common mistakes people make such as:
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Writing a tender with a specific CMS in mind - it limits your options,
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Sending it around the office for everyone to have a say without having a final assessment of what is really needed; and
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Adding in additional layers of administrative capacity that complicate a site build and are the first thing to get dropped - aka overkill!
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Not being clear about what really matters? What's a nice to have and what's a deal breaker?
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Not having a clear vision going forward, your system is going to need to last a number of years, be updated, changed with funding, programs and organisational scale and capacity.
What really matters to your organisation is the key. The biggest mistake I saw with organisations is that they often don't ask the right questions - and how can you possibly be expected to know what the right questions are?
I can help you compare apples and oranges and I can help you to identify how to leverage the experience and the systems you already have in to create a great project.