Re: monitoring contract programmers -- MIDRANGE-L

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The best way I have seen to balance between cost and productivity is
asking the contractors for a FIXED BID on a well defined project. 
Defining the project may also be a project in itself.  

While consulting, I did several of these.  Some worked out in my favor
(slightly!) and some worked out in the company's favor (more hours than
I thought it would take) but overall, both of us were happy with the
results.  When I said this project will take X dollars, that's what I
charged them.  And I got really good at estimating projects! (something
a lot of contractors I have worked with don't seem interested in doing well)

IMnsHO
-Bob Buchanan
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