Buying Web Services: The Survival Guide to Outsourcing
Author: J. P. Frenza
List Price: $39.99
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ISBN: 0471312894
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (20 November, 1998)
Sales Rank: 98,360
Average Customer Rating: 3.35 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
Must have, which ever side of the business you are on
Whether you are a web developer or a company considering outsourcing, this book is a small investment you need to make. Many of the chapters focus on areas that will not change much over many years. Project disipline, forming a consensus, ensuring you have high-level support will always be needed. I am a web developer, and I would (with the singular exception of one chapter, which I felt the contributer was way, way too jaded...)highly recommend to my clients. I find knowledgable clients much easier to work with then newbies. They are far more realistic about the time, effort, and potential for reward. And the costs. The book is not the end-and-be-all, but it doesn't try to be; bottom line, it is a sober, necessary resource to turn to.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Speaking as a client
I can understand why some of the developers don't want to their clients to read this book--it points to some level of standards that developers should maintain when building Web sites. I have used the book extensively in my search for a Web developer and can say that it has helped me separate the good developers who have my business interests at heart from the bad developers. In the chapter on Web hosting I was immediately able to learn that two of the proposals that I received did not include any of the costs for hosting and maintaining my Web site. When I pushed the developers for that information much to my surprise I found their estimate actually tripled. I can see why developers don't want that sort of information out there for us clients. I agree the book could be a little less common sense and a little more hardcore outsourcing information but there's not much out there on the subject and this book is a step in the right direction.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Additional Review - Excellent Book
Today, I gave this book to my corporate attorney and CPA. Everyone believes they know what is involved in building a web site. But most mean the end product. Including our attorneys and financial advisors.
Now, everyone involved in our company knows what we do and can help our company continue its growth.
We've changed our accounting and changed our web development and hosting contracts because of this book. We've also added a Internet law firm to our mix to help our client thru the maze of issues that they may face.
Thank you JP.
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