Technical specification
The first step of any work. A questionnaire, a briefing and a document you can price and build from.
We take on development only against a specification. If there is none, we write it: we send a questionnaire, run a one-day briefing and assemble the document over two days. The result describes roles, journeys, the set of screens, constraints and acceptance criteria, everything needed to price the work and to check the outcome.
Needed when the task is clear in conversation but has never been written down. Needed too when a document exists yet nothing in it can be priced or accepted against.
- Working hours
- 4–24 hours
- Duration
- 3–10 days
- Hourly rate
- $480
- Price
- $1,920 – $12,000
Pricing examples
Short
One clear task where the client already knows the answer.
- Price
- $1,920
- Scope
- 4 hours
In the estimate
Questionnaire and one call
A list of screens
Constraints and acceptance criteria
An estimate in hours
Working
A service with several roles that needs digging into.
- Price
- $4,800
- Scope
- 10 hours
In the estimate
Questionnaire and a day of briefing
Roles, permissions and journeys
Screens and the links between them
Constraints and acceptance criteria
An estimate in hours per stage
Full
A system wired into other services, where mistakes cost.
- Price
- $12,000
- Scope
- 24 hours
In the estimate
Questionnaire, briefing and review of adjacent systems
Roles, permissions and journeys
Screens with schematics
Data exchange and integrations
Load, availability, acceptance
An estimate in hours per stage
Stages of work
Drag the edge of any stage. It changes width, the neighbours shift, and the deadline and price recalculate.
- Working hours
- Duration
- Price
- 01Questionnaire and preparation
- 02Briefing
- 03Writing the document
- 04Handover and estimate
Questionnaire and preparation; A one-day briefing; Roles, journeys and the set of screens; Constraints and acceptance criteria; An estimate in hours for the next stage; The document transfers to you in full.