RE: Midrange-NonTech Digest, Vol 12, Issue 1

Milt,

Your web site throws this error in my web filter. Might want to check it :-)

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message: 3
date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 08:50:59 -0600
from: "Milt Habeck" <mhabeck@xxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Change Management Vendor Costs / estimating project cost

<vendor>
Dear Michael,

If some of your preferred vendors are reluctant to give you a ball-park
guess, it might be because they have enough experience and savvy to know
that the degree of detail in your note below doesn't enable a ball-park
guess. What you might get is an order of magnitude guess .... and here's
mine: a few hundred thousand dollars.

At Unbeaten Path we have a process that, with measured billable steps,
refines costs from "order of magnitude" to "ball-park" to "reasonable
estimate" to "not-to-exceed estimate." Here's 3 URLs describing approaches
that have worked on sizeable, not-fully-described-yet development projects:
<http://www.unbeatenpath.com/up-a-notch/technical/big-projects.pdf>
http://www.unbeatenpath.com/up-a-notch/technical/big-projects.pdf
<http://www.unbeatenpath.com/up-a-notch/nostone/NoStoneUnturned.pdf>
http://www.unbeatenpath.com/up-a-notch/nostone/NoStoneUnturned.pdf
<http://www.unbeatenpath.com/up-a-notch/implement/bedspread.pdf>
http://www.unbeatenpath.com/up-a-notch/implement/bedspread.pdf

Warm regards,
Milt Habeck
Unbeaten Path International
(+USA) 262-681-3151
(888) 874-8008

mhabeck@xxxxxxxxxx








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From: Michael Ryan
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:17 AM
To: Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Change Management Vendor Costs



Hey folks...I need to develop some quick budget numbers for a change
management, SCM, promotion to production system. I realize there are a lot
of variables, but I'd appreciate some ballpark numbers. If you would, please
send me a direct email and give me an idea. I'm in contact with Arcad,
Aldon, and PTC with varying levels of followup by the vendors.



Thanks!



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