IT outsourcing & digital agencies
Developer rates, project estimates, contracts, team margin
Subtopics
Developer rate
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Project estimate
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Development contract
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Change request
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Project margin
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Bench economics
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Support & SLA
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Hours vs fixed price
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Agency pricing
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Project team
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Code review & quality
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Project handover
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Intellectual property
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Outstaffing
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Developer recruiting
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Client reporting
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Hosting & infrastructure
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Client disputes
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NDA & non-compete
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Agency glossary
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Calculators
Developer rate
salary + taxes + overhead → $/h
Project estimate
team × weeks × rate + buffer
Dev Contract
T&M/fixed/dedicated model → clauses: acceptance, IP, warranty, CR procedure.
Change Request
CR form: change, hour estimate, timeline/budget impact, signatures.
Project margin
revenue − team − overhead → margin
Bench economics
cost of idle team
SLA Support
Support tier → response/fix matrix, coverage, escalation, penalties.
T&M vs fixed
when which model — economics & risks
Rate card
rates by level + surcharges
Team Composition
Project type (landing, SaaS, mobile, e-commerce) → typical team in %.
Code Review Checklist
Before merge / security / performance — what to check in code.
Project handover
10 handover items for the client
IP Clauses
IP transfer, portfolio, OSS, pre-existing IP — clauses and rationale.
Outstaffing
How to legally set up developer outstaffing: legal framework, risks, hourly pricing, contract clauses
Recruiting funnel
CV → offer → hire: CVs per hire
Client Report
Sprint report: done, plan/actual, next sprint, risks, velocity.
Hosting & infrastructure
How to include hosting in project estimates: environments, backups, monitoring, client billing
Client disputes
Dispute handling checklist: scope baseline, evidence, change requests, acceptance, escalation
NDA Generator
One-way/mutual NDA: definition, exceptions, term, breach consequences.
Agency glossary
Agency business terms: retainers, scope creep, discovery, SLA, bench, utilization and more