WHY THE MAJORITY OF FIXED COST PROJECTS FAIL

 

With over a decade of experience managing almost 1000 projects, we have seen a lot and learned even more..  Fixed cost projects almost always fail to meet expectations and here is why. On medium to large projects that require  250 to 1000+ hours of development, the ability to estimate every coding detail is almost impossible unless the agency spends 50 to 100+ hours for estimation alone. Even then  there are often many unknows that force the agency creating a proposal to pad the estimate with 25-50%. for unknows. The universal track record for project development on time and on budget is absolutely horrible and everyone knows it and has a horror story to tell. For this reason we have created a BETTER APPROACH, a hybrid IT staffing  model that eliminates guessing and provides all the benefits of agile development to our clients. 

 

AGILE DEVELOPMENT ADVANTAGES OVER FIXED COST

 

• Client receives 2x the development hours per month for the same price. Yes instead of paying $80-$120/hr you get a fixed know price that is approximately half that!  The value added to our client’s businesses is excellent and this is why all of our staffing clients love us.

• Client can easily adjust without having to revise contracts  when any problems arise 

• Project scope arguments are greatly reduced and in most cases  eliminated

• Client and Agency interests are aligned to perform optimally

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THE TYPICAL STAFFING AGENCY APPROACH

 

Most IT staffing companies are just staffing agencies with no in house IT project development experience.  You get a contracted consultant and that is it, end of story. If they do not work out, then hopefully your staffing agency can find you a replacement. Nobody is reviewing their work except you and hopefully you have the staff with time to do so. If you do not, then good luck. 

 

ITKINGSMAN HYBRID STAFFING AGENCY APPROACH

 

• We have over 10 years of in house partner IT development and marketing experience

• We support our staffing contracted developers with a highly trained team of experts. They have world class technology professionals supporting them so they can succeed

• You get a team not just a stand alone consultant

• Their work is reviewed by our in-house partner QA programming team and they have daily access to technical specialist in their programming language

• Our consultants are vetted by trained technology experts not IT recruiters