The cost eliminator. There’s this wonderful thing I call a feature list. I’ve worked with some businesses and clients, and when they’re coming in, they have no or very little idea of what can be achieved or what cannot. Now, a lot of things are possible. But we look at “possible” in a certain way. The fact that it’s possible doesn’t mean it is reasonable to do so. It might also not be within that client’s budget to do that possible thing.
I have what I call a feature list, and it’s a great cost estimator in itself. So, for people who are not so certain of what they need or what is possible, when we have started, gone through discovery, and done an audit on the system, I make recommendations. And if you request it, I’m going to give you a feature list. This is the list of things that are possible based on your industry, your team size, previous tools used, user behavior, and what is possible within your budget range. And it’s up to you to pick. But when you pick, we’re still going to have to prioritize it because we cannot do everything at once. And then some items, or some features, will be dependent on others.
You have to complete other things to see how your people interact with them before moving on to something else. Because we might think we need something, and then we implement it and realize we don’t need it so much. We want to start small and improve upon it. We want to build on this. Remember, some items on this feature list will be dependent on other things, which will also be dependent on other activities, and will be dependent on feedback and communication. So, these are things to take into consideration.