How software outsourcing is priced correctly

With the fierce competition in the industry, more and more companies have a great demand for information, so the software outsourcing business has maintained a relatively fast growth rate in recent years. From these years of statistical data, software technology services have always been higher than the industry average growth rate, the software outsourcing market has been expanding correspondingly. But many people in reality sigh that software outsourcing is difficult to do, the most difficult is the price of outsourcing, which is due to the particularity of software products decided.

Software differs from other tangible material products, such as computers, which require raw materials for manufacturing computers and require processing. Adding up the cost of these two parts together with the profits will result in a computer selling price. And the software does not need tangible material, is completely the result of the programmer's mental work, so in many ordinary people's view, seems to be no cost. Software industry often sigh, enterprise customers are willing to spend money to buy expensive business equipment, but in the software is preoccupied with, is also a tool for making money, why the willingness to spend a difference so big? The idea is also reflected in individual clients, most of whom are willing to pay for expensive CPUs and graphics cards, but for software, they only think about how to save money and even use piracy.

I have been working in the field of software outsourcing for a long time, often in contact with the two sides of software outsourcing, so often hear the voices of both sides of the project. The outsourcing party often complains about outsourcing, the price is outrageous, and the outsourcing is also complaining that his income is not as much as a migrant worker, feeling that the software is cheaper than cabbage. This is because the two sides of the software outsourcing how to price does not have a unified standard, resulting in the two sides in the software outsourcing prices, and even led to a complete breakdown of the project negotiations. Reflected in the reality of outsourcing, the project's employer and the contractor in the price of the problem often there is a huge gap. I've seen a client outsourcing a similar QQ such a timely communication software, outsourcing parties think the normal cost as long as 5,000 yuan, and the undertaking side but convinced that to 50,000 yuan to complete.

so is there a uniform standard for the price of outsourcing? Of course there is. All learned economics know that the price of a commodity is determined by the value of the commodity, and the value of the commodity is determined by the social necessary labor time of the commodity. Tangible material products are priced like this, and intangible software products are priced in the same way. Software outsourcing also has a unified pricing standard, specifically, the cost of outsourcing = Each programmer's daily wage x project required duration (number of days) x number of people. Each programmer's salary here is determined by the local programmer's salary level, for example, in Shanghai, the average programmer's salary is 9000 yuan/month, then every day is 300 yuan. The duration required for a project refers to the average working time required for the project, as estimated by the normal eight-hour working day. Note that some part-timers can only use their spare time to do the project, so the duration is long, but the actual calculation period is determined by the average social necessary labor time, so the calculation of the duration can only be normal eight hours a day to work the time required to prevail. As for the number of people, because some projects can not be completed by a person, such as a website project, you need to have a background programmer, front desk designers and artists to work together to complete. So the number of people needed is at least 3. For example, for example, a software project that requires the designer to complete within 1 months, about 4 people in the collaboration, in Beijing, then the cost of the project is: 300 (yuan/day) x 30 (days) x 4 = 36000 yuan. Therefore, the reasonable price of the project should be 36,000 yuan.

when outsourcing is actually outsourced, the pricing should be after the demand is determined. The most important step of the project is the outsourcing of the two sides to talk about demand, the customer when talking about the requirements of the software should be put forward all the requirements, and the outsourcing on the basis of customer needs to determine the duration of the project and the number of people, and then apply the preceding formula can be concluded that the cost of outsourcing is how much. The outsourcing should explain the calculated price in detail to the customer, and if there is a dispute between the two parties, further discussion can be made. So the price set out both sides will feel satisfied, but also conducive to the smooth implementation of the project.

Of course, in the actual software outsourcing, the actual price will be affected by the supply and demand relationship. Because commodity prices are based on their value, they fluctuate around value under the influence of supply and demand. It is recommended that the outsourced party select the sites that are more centralized for software outsourcing companies and teams when publishing projects, such as what I want toOutsourcingNet (Http://www.51waibao.net) and so on, as the software outsourcing companies and teams in these sites are more, after the release of the project can immediately get a reply, so as soon as possible to find projects to outsourcing; second, because of the many competitors, can shop around, choose a relatively cheap price to outsource the project. Of course, from the undertaking side, also should try to avoid vicious competition, so as not to confuse the software outsourcing market, the normal price order, or the end of the injury is your own.

In short, the software as a special commodity, although the price is relatively more complex than the tangible goods, but as long as the unified price standard, you can get a more accurate quote. As long as the two sides of the outsourcing can sit calmly together to calculate a serious, can come to a mutually satisfactory price, the intention of outsourcing can be truly achieved. Also only the outsourcing of the two sides in accordance with the unified pricing standards, follow the principle of fair trade, software outsourcing This market can continue to grow and develop.

How software outsourcing is priced correctly