Re: Change Management Vendor Costs / estimating project cost

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

They just seem to be reluctant to get in touch with me. One has, and
another is saying they're in meetings. And the third hasn't contacted me.
Business must be good.


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Milt Habeck <mhabeck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Dear Michael,
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> 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.
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> 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
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> Warm regards,
> Milt Habeck
> Unbeaten Path International
> (+USA) 262-681-3151
> (888) 874-8008
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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
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> 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,
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> 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.
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> Thanks!
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