We’ve prepared an Excel Worksheet for you to use during this process. I’ll show you how to make the most out of it throughout the course, by analyzing every provider in a tangible way and basing your decisions on that information.
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Section 2 : Provider’s company evaluation
Video 4 : External evaluation
We jump right into understanding the strengths of your prospective providers from a distance. Find out how to start the process by contacting previous clients, scanning the provider’s portfolio for similar projects, and checking out its team’s stability.
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Video 5 : Mindset and values evaluation
Start off from the right foot with your provider and his developers. Make sure you’re dealing with someone in-line with your own ideas, who is willing to teach, learn about you, and share his work with you from the get-go.
Video 6 : Project management evaluation
Startups are ever-changing businesses, and you need someone that can keep up. A stern hand is also a plus, if you happen to have unrealistic expectations, you need someone to ground and guide you in the right direction. These are just some of the must-haves we’ll go though in this video.
Video 7 : Quality evaluation
We’ll cover QCD Methodology for startups, what to ask for in quality assurance, and Software testing. Here we start delving into taking into account what your provider may not be able to bring to the table, and preparing to make up for it yourself.
Section 3 : Proposal evaluation
Video 8 : What it should include
Once the relationship with the providers start to materialize, a contract will be produced. Here is what you should be looking for in that proposal to make sure it’s a deal worth going through with.
Video 9 : Product understanding
Getting down to business here. Let’s check that your provider actually understands what you expect from him, he should not only be able to rephrase what you’ve explained, but actually participate in making it better.
Video 10 : Technology evaluation
This one might seem a little tricky, when technology is not your strong suit. But don’t let yourself be intimidated, we’ll cover a few basics on what solutions and languages are most convenient to reach your goals, while keeping it simple, and checking how comfortable your provider is explaining his resources to you.
Video 11 : Pricing
Now these are terms we can easily follow, right? Zeros and dollar signs. Well in fact, price shouldn’t be a decisive factor. Instead, we should only use it to weed out some extreme out-of-range companies, and as a guideline to organize your priorities and the delivery process, instating the Milestones Payment Methodology.
Video 12 : Long term and risk management analysis
We’ve talked so far about evaluating providers’ ability to complete the project, and fit to your company’s values. Now we need to tackle your providers’ willingness and commitment to your vision. If you entrust your dream to someone else, you’ll want steady and reliable hands to complete it.
Section 4 : Conclusion
Video 13 : Selection process
We are almost there. The only thing left is to evaluate yourself, and what you have to offer. We’ll find out in what areas are you able to provide support and cross-reference that with your prospective provider’s weaknesses. This opens the possibility of give-and-take relationships, fitting to your needs, at a competitive price. Ready to choose a provider?
Video 14 : Conclusion
We made it! Good job. You should now have a provider that’s willing and capable of embarking in this journey with you. Let us know if this course was helpful for you and if you have any suggestions. Please feel free to share with your network, we are here to help make Startups a success.
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