Before you start the project sit down with them and write up a draft of their expectations for the project with a timeline and notate the costs and what costs will be if it takes you longer than expected. Half way through the job have another meeting to assess how things are going and update your timeline. Of course always do a Pilot project or thourougly test with "most experienced users" before rolling out to other users. JK -----Original Message----- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chris Berry Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 3:24 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oclug@xxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Advice -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm about to do my first contract job setting up a new network. I've done that sort of work before, but always as an employee not a contractor. Does anyone have any recommendations, advice, horror stories, etc.? The setup is a small contractor with about six employees and a 4000 sq. ft. facility. Several employees will have laptops/docking stations. - -- Chris Berry chris_berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Systems Administrator JM Associates & Coast Business Service "He who laughs last probably made a back-up." --Murphy's Seventh law of computing -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFAO7LLkAS13ByzgbsRAu5SAJ9iTPrLdVByxSb80mrbCJIC6ACIbgCdHKLy GH4hPzSxztZ4q/pC/1OEkow= =waGQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm