Course curriculum

  • 01

    Introduction

  • 02

    Services Offered

  • 03

    Setting Your Rates

  • 04

    Scoping the Project

    • Exploring The Triple Constraint

    • Determining scope

    • Refining scope

  • 05

    Creating a Budget

    • What does a budget look like?

    • Estimating time

    • Understanding the work breakdown structure

    • Using peer and external review

    • Collecting data with time tracking

  • 06

    Building a Sample Budget

    • The sample project

    • Estimating pre-production

    • Estimating production

    • Estimating post-production

    • Finishing the budget

  • 07

    Creating a Quote or Proposal

    • Getting Started

    • Refining the Message

    • Using fixed-price contracts

    • Finishing the Proposal

    • The joy of contracts

  • 08

    Payment Terms

    • Setting payment terms

    • Exploring time-based methods

    • Exploring performance-based methods

  • 09

    Creating an Invoice

  • 10

    Billing Strategies

    • Delivering the bill

    • Dealing with collections

  • 11

    Conclusion

    • Final thoughts