SKU: EE-001-001: Difference between revisions

From Cibernética Americana
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 26: Line 26:
<hr>
<hr>
&sup1; I looked for a definition of support retainer. Googling "support retainer" shows a spread of practices. Also there is  
&sup1; I looked for a definition of support retainer. Googling "support retainer" shows a spread of practices. Also there is  
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retainer the wikipedia retainer article]. In general, this is a minimum basic retained support service: major development, support of multiple users, etc. are <i>not</i> included unless stipulated during setup. Minor bug fixes, routine maintenance and monitoring, and tech support are. Basically this is meant to be an attractive alternative to hiring even a part-time direct employee. On the one hand the normal biz meaning of retainer is that it is an option on a service providers time which expires in a given term. On the other I'd like to be able to put in more than the prorated amount of effort at my all-inclusive rate in a given month if there have been prior months of low activity. At current rates the retainer would cover betweem 4.6 and 10 hours.  
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retainer the wikipedia retainer article]. In general, this is a minimum basic retained support service: major development, support of multiple users, etc. are <i>not</i> included unless stipulated during setup. Minor bug fixes, routine maintenance and monitoring, and tech support are. Basically this is meant to be an attractive alternative to hiring even a part-time direct employee. On the one hand the normal biz meaning of retainer is that it is an option on a service providers time which expires in a given term. On the other we'd like to be able to put in more than the prorated amount of effort at my all-inclusive rate in a given month if there have been prior months of low activity. At current rates the retainer would cover betweem 4.6 and 10 hours.  
<br><br> If recurring costs such as hosting, bandwidth excess charges, etc. are included we will have defined same in writing during setup.
<br><br> If recurring costs such as hosting, bandwidth excess charges, etc. are included we will have defined same in writing during setup.