writing system quotes and specs

danielle

HI All!

I am in the process of starting my own business. I have a great partner and things are looking very good. There's just one thing I'm having trouble with ...

I have a great opportunity for a fair sized system and am very excited. I have been working on writing up a quote and system specs and find that to be quite a challenge. I really have no idea how they should be formatted or anything.

I did my best to make my own version which I believe has all the info. they need but I sure would like to see some examples. I looked all over the web but no luck.

Is there any standarization for this? It seems there would be...

Does anyone know a good "how to" site or any site that might have examples -- I'm pretty good at google searches but not even sure the lingo I need to use.

Thanks so much!

superwormy

I think... you shoudl clarify what you're looking for...

Are you looking to write requirements for the 'system' you're building in PHP?

Are you looking to know what you should buy for a comptuer?

What is this 'system' you keep talking about?

Why don't you post an example so we know what your'e talking about...?

danielle

:rolleyes: oh you are so correct. i apologize....

it's really simple...

i have been meeting with some people who want me to build them a rather extensive e-commerce site.

i have been working for a university for years and, although i have always mapped out what i am planning for a site before hand, i have never had to turn in any preliminary time estimates, system specifications etc. (certainly not costs since i was being paid in peanuts). usually i just write the documentation so that it can collect dust.

i have all the information that one would need for a quote mainly development overview, stages, time-line, costs.... i just don't quite know how to format it.

my question - is there any format standardss?

i have dug around the web and really haven't found much .. only this link
How to write a basic web development proposal but it doesn't cover formatting. The article does however bring up another question as far as stating "Factor in the cost of the proposal" -- do companies typically get paid to write up a proposal or quote?

any advice is appreciated. perhaps i should have put this into Echo Lounge.