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Project Planning - Crafting a Project Description before Posting it Live o |
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| Date Added: July 12, 2010 11:45:27 AM | |
| Author: Steven Brough | |
| Category: Business | |
As the trend of posting projects live online is rapidly increasing due to the popularity of outsourcing, it is essential to learn how to write an enticing project description before posting it online. Project planning and writing well thought out descriptions for your projects are extremely important factors whilst gaining knowledge about how to outsource. Always keep in mind a good deal of things while writing an enticing project description, our rudimentary aim is to produce a description that is irresistible to providers, stipulates the category completely, and depicts the work required in a very detailed and comprehensive style so that the person that is reading does not lose interest when reading it . First of all you should specify a project title, the title should be comprehensive and should be targeted to the type of freelancer you intend to award your project, for example, "Technical Writer for Website Documentation Job and Visual Basic Expert for Integrated Programming". These titles clearly distinguish who is required to complete the job. If the work you are advertising for is for a long duration, you could begin the title using the words Long Term for example, "Long Term - Technical Writer for TQM Project". Make it a point to make the description brief but appealing so that you capture maximum bids, a good job description should have the following qualities: 1. It should be short, approximately two or three paragraphs, but should explain all the experience required to execute the work. 2. It should make clear the payment mode, either hourly or fixed cost. It is generally advised that you specify hourly payments since you can monitor your providers work and good service providers enjoy working on an hourly rate. 3. It should have a nominal due date, it is commonly proposed that the due date you suggest to the provider should be a few days before you need the work to be completed, this can make up for for any problems that may occur if the project is not delivered on time. 4. It should be in a simple and easy to understand language so that providers can read it easily. You may add phrases like, serious candidates only should bid or service providers with 600+ hours are encouraged to apply etc. This will help filter the candidates. 5. It is highly recomended you to give attachments that show samples of the types of work you require or give raw material on the kind of work to be provided. 6. Always ask for work examples, examples will give you an idea of the calibre of the service provider and the quality of his or her previous work which will help you during the interview phase. 7. If you are planning on paying a fixed price, quote a price which suits the job! For instance no one will do a months work effectively if he or she will only get $30 for it! Always quote an amount that is a lesser amount than what you can afford because great providers usually bid more than you quote, this will allow for a fair balance in pricing for both buyer and the service provider. A few Expert Tips! When outsourcing, project planning is the most essential element if you want to get brilliant work at the lowest possible cost. Learning how to outsource properly will help you reach the best results. Here are a few guru tips to help: 1. At all times plan your project well and have a the finished product in mind before beginning to write the description. 2. Your aim is to target the most enticing provider at the best price so you will need to forcast and plan well to achieve those results!!, i.e. Attracting the attention of the best providers to interview. 3. At all times keep in mind that workers from developing and underdeveloped countries provide work at much lower rates because labour costs are much less costly there, so try to target service providers with good capabilities. It is most important to check the English communication level of such people prior to hiring them. 4. Try to offer incentives for providers, such as the possibility of more work, bonuses and long term hiring etc. This will give possible candidates an incentive to apply their best efforts into your work. Once you get a grasp on these concepts, learning how to outsource skillfully, is more often than not, based on proper project planning and long term practice. Good luck. |
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