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One problem I used to frequently run into in is that I’d give a client a quote. For a Magento (E-commerce) project is not always an easy step. Magento is a complex framework and offers you some ready solutions/functionality. On the other hand some times it is time consuming implementing custom features.

So I would like to consider a general scenario in which a new client ask for a quote about a project that aims to implement a Magento Store and try to figure out all the critical points that can be time consuming.

Once identified those critical points it will be easy to create a checklist of question that you can do to your new client.

Here an example :

  1. Is the store new?
  2. Or is it and old one ? (Is there a need to migrate or upgrade Magento?)
  3. Expected number of product/categories?
  4. Expected traffic on the site?
  5. Is a Server Administrator service required? (Hosting config, SVN management, cache config)
  6. Which custom/extra features do you want in you store (extra functionality for front/backend)
  7. What external services do you want to integrate with Magento ? (feeds, payment/shipment methods)
  8. How many website/frontend you want for your store? ( website/StoreView structure you have in mind. )
  9. How many different languages do you want to handle?

  10. What kind of Promotions do you want to offer ? (E.g. buy one get one free, free shipping on orders above value X, etc.)

  11. What kind of products do you want to sell ? (virtual, downloadable, configurable etc. ?)

  12. Can you share a Home/Categories/Product page layout?

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As written, this seems only peripherally about gathering client specifications (which is a project management task) while really being more about sales, contract negotiations, or pricing. Specifications and estimations are on-topic; the rest...not so much. – CodeGnome Oct 18 '12 at 11:54
ya you are right but how to get a correct estimation with out specification ? – Francesco Oct 18 '12 at 12:22
Are you looking for a checklist of items that go into an e-commerce project (which would belong on a different stack exchange site) or to solve a particular problem in estimation (e.g. how can I stop underestimating e-commerce projects)? – Mark Phillips♦ Oct 18 '12 at 13:19
'... a different stack exchange site'? you are speaking about Magento or Ecommerce in general ? Idon't got what you meant here. I want to create a general checklist that touches all the critical points of a new Magento project. – Francesco Oct 18 '12 at 13:43
Hi Francesco, I want to build on the guidance Yannis gave you in the ProgSE chat. The problem you're facing just isn't clear. You're looking for a blanket solution to solve a problem that you haven't yet faced. Instead, get rid of the checklist part of the question and focus on describing a specific problem you're facing in project management. Then people here may be able to give you answers that you could then use to solve the problem. Otherwise, we're just giving you suggestions based on a problem we're not familiar with. – jmort253♦ Oct 18 '12 at 22:05
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closed as not constructive by CodeGnome, aclear16, Lunivore, jmort253♦ Oct 18 '12 at 22:13

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