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Hi Nick
This is been a concern lately to me as well. 1stly many design firms actually engage other design firms to do their work if they lack the capability in doing them and the list goes on. So it is rather weird having to sub your project to a competitor and so on. Many a times the client looses out in the end as he has no idea what went on behind the screen...(I really hate that) and not to mention how much he is being charged which I have no idea as well.
Also the only person I can advise is the person who sub me the project so he will have to relay the message to the other design firm.
I am sure many of you have encountered similar scenarios. So how do others handle assignments like this efficiently and yet making sure that the client gets what he wanted and is happy with it? Internal conflicts/interests do occur as well as each company wants everything to be done best for their own interest.
The company who sub the project to me may not relay my message as it is (taking back some) so the other design company may have to continue to rely on them to finish the job.
With Regards,
Jaime Wong
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SODesires Design Team
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-------Original Message-------
Date: 25/02/2004 8:12:28 AM
Subject: Re: [WSG] DTDS and which to use?
Hi Jaime,
Slightly off the discussion but I can't help thinking that if I was you
in that chain of command...
Client <--- Design Firm <--- Subcontracted Freelancer <--
Sub-subcontracted You
.I'd be very wary of work that has supposedly "strict" guidelines to
follow yet the flow of project information is so stretched.
I don't know about everyone else here but I think that clients
generally need guidance/recommendation/advice/etc... particularly with
regards to standards based development and I cannot see how well you
can do that from such a distance.
Anyway, not wishing to interfere, just a thought I couldn't hold in and
was curious as to whether anyone else thought so.
Nick
> Now I just need to convince my freelance boss to convince his client
> which happens to be a design house to convince their client about the
> pro and cons of using XHTML Strict DTD. Just hope the message will not
> get messed up down the line. From the corresponding emails I have
> seen, the client is one that is very sure of his judgements (even
> provided few web links and articles..A list apart was one of them) so
> well...it is going to be a challenge to make him understand because he
> feels that he has all the relevant info which some aren't actually.
> And if all else fails..I guess I better prepare myself in advance
> now and start building a test site using xhtml strict.
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