Sep 22, 2020 03:30:30 AM by Mohamed Subhani L
Hi All,
I have contracted a software development company to do an ecommerce platform development project.
These are the sequences of events ;
1. I had selected a fixed term contract for a mutually agreed fixed amount in June 2020
2. I had also uploaded the documentation which outlined the scope of the project. Though this wasnt in detail it was sufficent to understand.
3. We agreed on 3 milestone payments and proceeded with the development of the project
4. As of date the project is 75% completed with 70% of 2 milestone payments paid.
5. The contracted company now comes back to, and say holdon we have now do a lot of additional work ,
we require an additional payment to proceed to complete your project, as the remaining work
requires more effort from our development team.
My problem now is that I am now stuck in the middle of the project, which the development team has stopped work as they want more funds, and I donot see any reason why I will need to pay additionally for underestimation of the project.
I would appreciate anyone in the community with some guidance as how I should be approaching this
to remove this deadlock between myself & the contracted company. As end of the day I require the project to complete smoothly.
Appreciate your time
Subhani Lafir
Sep 22, 2020 04:17:31 AM by Goran V
Hi Mohamed,
I`m sorry to hear about the bad experience you had. Our team will reach out to you via ticket as soon as possible and will assist you further. Thank you.
Sep 22, 2020 04:26:13 AM by Christine A
Sep 22, 2020 04:34:42 AM by Mohamed Subhani L
Many thanks Christine for your insight into the situation. No scope has changed , however the contractor
pins it down to different things such as excessive iterations made, unclear requirements and others. However my argument is that the contractor is a fully fledge ICT company , and no scope has change and should have clear any ambiguities right at project start and not say "we have exhausted our budget & time.
Anyway noted your valid points .
Appreciated
Subhani Lafir
Sep 22, 2020 05:12:27 AM by Preston H
It sounds like those freelancers don't want to work on the project any more.
Assign the remaining work to other members of your team. If you need to add additional freelancers to your team, then do so.
Put your project first. The project is what matters, not who completes it.
Sep 23, 2020 12:23:07 AM Edited Sep 23, 2020 01:33:49 AM by Vivek K
Mohamed Subhani L wrote:Hi All,
I have contracted a software development company to do an ecommerce platform development project.
These are the sequences of events ;
1. I had selected a fixed term contract for a mutually agreed fixed amount in June 2020
2. I had also uploaded the documentation which outlined the scope of the project. Though this wasnt in detail it was sufficent to understand.
3. We agreed on 3 milestone payments and proceeded with the development of the project4. As of date the project is 75% completed with 70% of 2 milestone payments paid.
5. The contracted company now comes back to, and say holdon we have now do a lot of additional work ,
we require an additional payment to proceed to complete your project, as the remaining work
requires more effort from our development team.My problem now is that I am now stuck in the middle of the project, which the development team has stopped work as they want more funds, and I donot see any reason why I will need to pay additionally for underestimation of the project.
I would appreciate anyone in the community with some guidance as how I should be approaching this
to remove this deadlock between myself & the contracted company. As end of the day I require the project to complete smoothly.
Appreciate your time
Subhani Lafir
The freelancer was free to discuss the job in details before accepting. I would be willing (and I do) to pay for the time they spend in discussing in details. But it is their job to estimate the time and resources they will need to employ on a particular project. They are the expert not the client.
If they miscalculated, they are at fault. They can't demand that someone pays for their inefficiency.
It was entirely possible that the client would not have hired them if they said about it in beginning and the client would be entitled to walk away.This is plain wrong to mislead client as to cost and then ask escalation.
The first thing is that you should ask them to hand over the files if you do not have them with you already.Then say them , You do not agree to raise. A bonus may be issued after work has been completed well, thought can't be promised. it is upto them to either honour their words and continue or leave.
If they leave hire someone else and get it completed.