This weeks blog is about tools that we can all use to help us estimate the costs associated with an ID project. I will post a few websites that can be used for help with creating a budget.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/goal-estimate-costs-HA001104092.aspx
This first website is put out by Microsoft. It of course is promoting its own software but there are still a few good pieces of information on it. The first thing is that if you do own or use any of the software it is talking about then it gives you step by step instructions on how to do what it is recommending. The information listed on the site is very basic and keeps everything broken down into small steps. This is good for someone who is new at creating a budget because to much information makes it easy to confuse someone.
http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/pricing/tp/estimating_tasks.htm
This last site is good, especially when paired with the previous one, because it goes into more detail. Once you know what to include for a general budget this website gives you many examples of things you might need to add to a budget. Not only does it list items you might want to include on a budget but it also gives an explanation as to why you would want to add it or for what situation. What makes the site even better is that at the bottom it lists additional links to help you find more information and examples.
I hope these websites will be useful for you and you get the chance to take advantage of them at some point.
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