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I've been a contractor for 10 years or so at maybe 8 gigs and I've
never had to submit a project plan. I've worked two ways:
1) Learn and write stuff until your contract is over.
2) Learn and finish writing "the stuff" by "X date", when your
contract is over.
> >I don't think that planning the whole project is the best way. Not
> >only do projects change so much that planning is a waste of time,
> >but it prevents you from taking advantage of opportuinities that
> >weren't expected in the beginning.
> >
> Unfortunately, when contractors bid on a job a project plan,
> complete
> with dates and milestones, is expected or required. Your challenge
> as a
> contractor is to write enough conditions into the rest of the offer
> to
> cover the consequences of slipping any of the dates or milestones.
> And
> that, of course, is why they (used to) pay us the big bucks. <g>
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