4 Dec
2014
4 Dec
'14
9:14 a.m.
Hi Bryn,
On 4 Dec 2014 at 01:58:25, Bryn Jeffries
(bryn.jeffries@sydney.edu.au(mailto:bryn.jeffries@sydney.edu.au)) wrote:
The consortium that I am currently working for is
interested in using XWiki for managing its projects and performing some reporting.
Supporting this is beyond my current skillset and availability, so I'm interested in
sponsoring this work. I know the sponsor system is quite new, but I'd appreciate any
guidance on how one should determine a reasonable fee for such work. What sort of amount
is likely to generate sufficient interest from active XWiki developers?
May I suggest that you look at the professional support page:
http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Support
The companies listed will do support but also specific/custom development.
Now your other options is also to use sponsorfreedem and place one or several bounties
with a price tag and hope someone from the community will pick them up. I have no idea
regarding the price and what would be acceptable though, as you say it’s new. You could
check the stats here https://freedomsponsors.org/stats/ and see which bounties were done
and paid. You could also check the amounts listed at https://www.bountysource.com/.
So you have 2 options for custom dev:
- professional: more expensive but done professionally, quickly, within your schedule,
with support thereafter if bugs are found
- community: less expensive but not sure someone will get interested and less sure about
deadlines
So I guess it depends on the budget you have and your timeline.
Hope it helps,
-Vincent
PS: Maybe we should put a FAQ with this content somewhere on xwiki.org, WDYT?
Thanks,
Bryn