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Are win-win situations/negotiations always fair?
Fair is in the perception of the beholder. Win-win negotiations assume that mutual goals have been exploited to the degree possible, mutually benefiting both parties, and the relatively fair ...
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How a software development contract is concluded?
Customers prefer a FFP at times because of they believe it helps to control costs. In some ways it does; however, in many cases they end up paying more, either because of the contingency built in the ...
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Are win-win situations/negotiations always fair?
Regarding negotiations, fairness is usually not attached to the negotiation result but to the negotiation process:
Were all information accessible by all parties?
Were unfair manipulation techniques ...
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How to respond to too much work in too little time from the customer?
Don't sign the contract. Say no.
Look around at other industries. No other industry, EXCEPT IT, will you see this phenomena to this degree. Try it. Hire a builder and tell them they need to complete ...
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How to handle projects with historic data
How can I handle these negotiations to stop accepting these activities even if they are paid?
A better question would be "How do I inform the commercial staff about the risk, extra effort, scope ...
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Are win-win situations/negotiations always fair?
By my opinion you are talking about the same. What is a fairness? For me situation when both part will get maximum of outcome from negotiation is rather fair. The problem is that this is just my ...
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How do I get client to participate in acceptance testing?
A viable strategy could be the following.
First, make him truly aware of the delay he's causing: you might produce a Cumulative Flow Diagram to point out the slowdown (quite easy given that you work ...
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How to respond to too much work in too little time from the customer?
To effectively justify your estimations it is always better to have the project plan. What you're asking actually can have different answers depending on the current phase of the project. But the ...
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How to respond to too much work in too little time from the customer?
Looks like a growth opportunity to me!
Remember that:
The customer cannot know how much effort each piece of work takes.
The customer cannot know how much work you have already committed and how ...
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How do I get client to participate in acceptance testing?
I think the question is why he's not reviewing the stories. I'd use the lean approach that Toyota developed: help the client eliminate his own bottleneck.
Possible reasons:
he doesn't have dedicated ...
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How a software development contract is concluded?
There's a difference between being a software vendor and being a service provider for bespoke applications development. You seem to be describing a service-provider kind of relationship.
A fixed-price ...
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What contract type to use when the scope is largely defined (but NOT completely)?
There are always questions that can't be answered at the start of a project. You begin with incomplete information and learn more as you go on. This is a well-known principle called the Cone of ...
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What contract type to use when the scope is largely defined (but NOT completely)?
A great option where cost risk is shared and where scope is largely defined is a cost plus fixed fee. In this case, both the seller and buyer are at risk for cost increases and therefore motivated to ...
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How a software development contract is concluded?
Everybody (obviously) answered yes to getting a lawyer involved.
But nobody answered your first question:
How does the software development company draw up a contract that protects the company's ...
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How a software development contract is concluded?
I strongly advise you to engage an attorney who is skilled at creating this sort of contract. (And, in general, in leading clients through this sort of business negotiation. (The old-fashioned word ...
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How a software development contract is concluded?
As you mentioned yourself, the problem with software development is that there are a lot of unknowns. These introduce variability in what will be built (which people assume will be fixed). What's ...
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How to handle projects with historic data
The idea behind a successful business is to supply what the customers demand. The decision to supply shouldn't be made because you find it hard, there's some rework, or other issues. Should be based ...
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How to handle projects with historic data
Don't.
Migration is a commonly asked-for - and provided - service. If your competitors are providing it and you are not, you'll probably suffer more than you currently do doing the migration work.
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How to negotiate a software proposal?
You have no leverage and have already lost your position. Negotiation is about information: an independent estimate of cost and price (best and worst case), mutual objectives, a list of alternative ...
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How to respond to too much work in too little time from the customer?
Time is a matter of priority.
You can do everything the client needs... you just need to negotiate it.
As per the Project Management Triange, if you fix two variables, you'll vary the other. You just ...
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How do I get client to participate in acceptance testing?
Ask whoever tested to write-up the steps for testing
Because this is new development, your external client will not know the exact steps for reproducing the use-case conditions. This is most likely ...
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What are the ways and best practices when negotiating with a client?
Preparation is key. The more you study your situation, the better your position. Never sit at the table until you know most of the answers.
"Getting to Yes" written by Ury, Fisher, and Patton is ...
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Managing egos of developers
My only advice is to read the book written by Kenneth W Thomas "Intrinsic Motivation at Work: What Really Drives Employee Engagement"
You are the driver and the team look at you to focus their ...
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