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DeletedUser2
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I use Odesk, Elance, as well as scriptlance.com rentacoder.com and solvate.com
I always talk to the people bidding, way before i buy. putting them all in a room where they could discuss your project, might work 1 or 2 times
but as soon as you get that assH*le who takes the forum discussion, and runs away with the bid, at low prices, you will drive away workers FAST
BUT
I do agree the process on these sites are a little thin on major projects.
For simple projects. yes. very quick easy, love it. no discussion, just go install this widget.....
for major projects, I would love a check box that says this is a Tier 1 project, (BIG HAIRY PROJECT)
or a tier 2 project (quick N dirty) or maybe a tier 3 (multi person team project)
( I am making up tiers here btw) where if i check the BHP box, i go through a diff project. but pls dont take away my ability to do a quick and dirty one.
give me the option, to have the discusion, to invite others, to cloud source or crowd source PARTS OF IT. let me put in multiple parts, so i can assign graphics/coding/layout/UI? testing to multiple people, who win the bid for each, AND let me have a board THEY can work with, and interface with each other, on this 1 project, so i dont need to forward an email from the coder, to the graphics person, 113 times.
do the collaborative space for when the bid is won. save me having to go get a 37signals, basecamp account (or activecollab) for these guys, and make it a project management space BEYOND the bid process.
i still want my tiers tho, so i can do a quick project, or get bids, and discussion on huge projects, or an ongoing running project.
and as a way of reference, I have probably put close to 30K into projects like that over the last 3 yrs, above and beyond my own personal team who work for me.
Hope That Helps
I always talk to the people bidding, way before i buy. putting them all in a room where they could discuss your project, might work 1 or 2 times
but as soon as you get that assH*le who takes the forum discussion, and runs away with the bid, at low prices, you will drive away workers FAST
BUT
I do agree the process on these sites are a little thin on major projects.
For simple projects. yes. very quick easy, love it. no discussion, just go install this widget.....
for major projects, I would love a check box that says this is a Tier 1 project, (BIG HAIRY PROJECT)
or a tier 2 project (quick N dirty) or maybe a tier 3 (multi person team project)
( I am making up tiers here btw) where if i check the BHP box, i go through a diff project. but pls dont take away my ability to do a quick and dirty one.
give me the option, to have the discusion, to invite others, to cloud source or crowd source PARTS OF IT. let me put in multiple parts, so i can assign graphics/coding/layout/UI? testing to multiple people, who win the bid for each, AND let me have a board THEY can work with, and interface with each other, on this 1 project, so i dont need to forward an email from the coder, to the graphics person, 113 times.
do the collaborative space for when the bid is won. save me having to go get a 37signals, basecamp account (or activecollab) for these guys, and make it a project management space BEYOND the bid process.
i still want my tiers tho, so i can do a quick project, or get bids, and discussion on huge projects, or an ongoing running project.
and as a way of reference, I have probably put close to 30K into projects like that over the last 3 yrs, above and beyond my own personal team who work for me.
Hope That Helps