The Making of a Solution - Part I

On 23 June 2008, at 18:17, info@propertysafety.co.uk wrote:

I have posted it on eLance, look at the summary that I posted there:

“We're commissioning a database programmer to build or buy in a system that will become a ERP of sorts to include

 - Field Management System

 - Accounting

 - Decision Making

 - Marketing

 - Prospecting

 - more...

We need someone to help us build a description of what we want, need, or don't want, need.

 The person should help us:

 - set up on-line collaboration

 - bounce off ideas

 - suggest technologies / tools

- more...”

Menasche

From: ian.brown@blackapple.com [mailto:ian.brown@blackapple.com]

Sent: 23 June 2008 21:47

To: info@propertysafety.co.uk

Subject: Re: Daptiv (eProject) in the UK

Hi Menasche,

My first thought is for you to look at Netsuite which combines all the features you are looking at. This is a commercial, web-hosted software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering which, although it looks more expensive than buying a database development tool, could cost you a *lot* less in the long run as much of the functionality is already delivered out of the box.

Trying to develop a system from scratch with the features you mention could become the "never-ending project with the limitless budget" so I would encourage you to take a few minutes to call me so we can discuss.

If you are planning to do this using developers from scratch then I would also suggest you budget in the additional cost of a designer and/or project manager and NOT leave the entire piece in the hands of one developer.

If you can share with me how many users you are likely to need I can send you a precise estimate of the license costs and a rough estimate of the costs involved in doing configuration/training etc

Kind Regards,

Ian Brown, Managing Director

BlackApple Limited

www.blackapple.com