Monthly Archives: April, 2010
Estimating the cost of a website – the magic formula
A few years ago, I was asked by an account manager whether there was a formula he could apply to calculate the cost of “a website”. He was looking for a spreadsheet he could take to client meetings to provide costs on the fly without getting project managers and developers involved. You can imagine the sort of thing – a picking list with functionality and prices next to each one.
I remember thinking it was a reasonable enough request. But very naive.
