Revision Rounds Done Right: Why We Include Three per Phase
Most revision clauses are too tight or meaningless. Revision rounds done right: three per phase, tied to a written scope, protecting client and studio.
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Project Process, Scope and Pricing Articles
How to scope, price and run a web, brand or software project so it ships on time. Articles on fixed-price projects, discovery phases, design briefs, revisions and scope: how to run a web, brand or software project well.
Process & pricing
Process & pricingPaid Discovery: Why a Standalone Discovery Phase Pays for Itself
A flat-fee discovery phase turns a vague project into a written plan and fixed quote, and pays for itself. What it includes and who it suits.
Process & pricingFixed-Price Software Development vs Hourly Billing: Why Hourly Is Broken
Hourly billing is broken: it rewards slow work and hides unproductive time. How fixed-price software projects are scoped and why they work better.
Process & pricingThe Brief-Less Brief: How to Write a Design Brief That Actually Works
Most briefs describe the wrong project in detail. The brief-less brief asks four questions instead: why now, what success means, what failed, who decides.