Want To Develop Your Software? by Raj Rishi --- ArticleAware.com

Writing software on a consulting basis can often be a losing proposition for developers or clients or both. There are too many things that can go wrong, and that ultimately translates into loss of time and money. The 15% rule we have come up with is intended to create a win-win situation for both parties. For more detail go to: www.software-index-website.com.Clients generally get what they want, and development shops make a fair profit. A perfect solution, but so far it seems to be working for us.

This may come as a surprise to some, but we make very little money selling software licenses. The vast majority of our revenue comes through consulting services writing code for hire. Having now done this for several years, we have learned some hard lessons. On a few projects the lessons were so hard we actually lost money. A few months ago I put together somewhat of a manifesto-type document intended to address the difficulties we have faced in developing software for clients. Aim pleased to say that it's made a noticeable difference. My hope is that this bog entry will be read by others who develop software on a consulting basis, so that they can learn these lessons the easy way rather than the way we learned them. What follows in this article is a summary of one of the main principles we now follow in developing software the 15% rule. If you had like, you are welcome to read the full Our Approach to Software Development document. For the impatient, the 15% rule goes like this

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