How much to maintain web site?
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The White House is saying that they're having a tough time keeping the White House web site up to date, because they only have 6 people and a budget of $1M. Is this complaint justified? Does anyone have any facts (of other web sites) to compare this with? How much money and how big a support staff do you think they should have to get the job done?
Best wishes, Hans
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The White House is saying that they're having a tough time keeping the White House web site up to date, because they only have 6 people and a budget of $1M. Is this complaint justified? Does anyone have any facts (of other web sites) to compare this with? How much money and how big a support staff do you think they should have to get the job done?
Best wishes, Hans
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Hans Dietrich wrote:
Is this complaint justified? Does anyone have any facts (of other web sites) to compare this with?
</edit> this is no ordinary website </edit> It's less the the redecoration of a CEO's office at Merryl Lynch... I'm sure we're not talking about only technical staff, so yes I can see 6 people is not much...
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modified on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:51 PM
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Well let's assume a salary of 50K for each of the 6. Multiply the salary by 2.5 for insurance, benefits, etc, and you get $750K for all 6 just in salary overhead. So only 250K left for machinery, software, maintenance, etc. Sounds a bit slim.
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You forgot delegation, that would be $20K * 5 and $200K for the manager...
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The White House is saying that they're having a tough time keeping the White House web site up to date, because they only have 6 people and a budget of $1M. Is this complaint justified? Does anyone have any facts (of other web sites) to compare this with? How much money and how big a support staff do you think they should have to get the job done?
Best wishes, Hans
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Hans Dietrich wrote:
only have 6 people and a budget of $1M.
Wow, I'll take that job.
John
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Jim Crafton wrote:
assume a salary of 50K
That sounds low for Washington DC.
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John
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Well let's assume a salary of 50K for each of the 6. Multiply the salary by 2.5 for insurance, benefits, etc, and you get $750K for all 6 just in salary overhead. So only 250K left for machinery, software, maintenance, etc. Sounds a bit slim.
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Jim Crafton wrote:
Multiply the salary by 2.5 for insurance, benefits, etc
Is it really that high?
John
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Jim Crafton wrote:
Multiply the salary by 2.5 for insurance, benefits, etc
Is it really that high?
John
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Well let's assume a salary of 50K for each of the 6. Multiply the salary by 2.5 for insurance, benefits, etc, and you get $750K for all 6 just in salary overhead. So only 250K left for machinery, software, maintenance, etc. Sounds a bit slim.
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Jim Crafton wrote:
Multiply the salary by 2.5 for insurance, benefits, etc
Wow! You must have way better insurance than I do, and mine's 100% company paid! We tack on 100% for fully burdened labor and have extra to spare. That even covers office space and administration.
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The White House is saying that they're having a tough time keeping the White House web site up to date, because they only have 6 people and a budget of $1M. Is this complaint justified? Does anyone have any facts (of other web sites) to compare this with? How much money and how big a support staff do you think they should have to get the job done?
Best wishes, Hans
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Do you know how much is that in Zimbabwe? 36,844,444,000,000.00 ZWD This Amount of Budget can maintain 1000000 websites :)
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The White House is saying that they're having a tough time keeping the White House web site up to date, because they only have 6 people and a budget of $1M. Is this complaint justified? Does anyone have any facts (of other web sites) to compare this with? How much money and how big a support staff do you think they should have to get the job done?
Best wishes, Hans
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Of the six, one would be a developer, one a team lead, a project lead, a project manager, a secretary of state for the white house website and finally on top, a senator. And due to the ongoing recession and to reduce costs, the developer would be looking out for a job soon enough. :rolleyes:
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The White House is saying that they're having a tough time keeping the White House web site up to date, because they only have 6 people and a budget of $1M. Is this complaint justified? Does anyone have any facts (of other web sites) to compare this with? How much money and how big a support staff do you think they should have to get the job done?
Best wishes, Hans
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The White House is saying that they're having a tough time keeping the White House web site up to date, because they only have 6 people and a budget of $1M. Is this complaint justified? Does anyone have any facts (of other web sites) to compare this with? How much money and how big a support staff do you think they should have to get the job done?
Best wishes, Hans
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I am ready to maintain the site with 50% less and with 2 people :p
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Jim Crafton wrote:
Multiply the salary by 2.5 for insurance, benefits, etc
Wow! You must have way better insurance than I do, and mine's 100% company paid! We tack on 100% for fully burdened labor and have extra to spare. That even covers office space and administration.
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
We're not just talking about the direct costs of employment but also the other on-costs. You need HR people to hire and fire them, accounts people to make sure they get paid, security people to check their ID at the door, offices, people to clean the offices, electricity, ... I don't know how the US govt does its accounting, but in all the universities and research labs institutions I've worked in, the multiplier has been between 2.4 and 3.4. (Yes, 3,4!). If you want to hire someone for a project, you need to find 3.4 * salary to pay for that. Sure, some of the costs listed above aren't really a marginal cost, but that's not how the accounting is done. And let's not go trying to explain to accountants that their numbers are rubbery -- life's too short for that.
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You would have to get more hamsters, and then get a hamster supervisor.
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Hans Dietrich wrote:
a hamster supervisor.
Otherwise called a cat. That'll keep them motivated.
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You would have to get more hamsters, and then get a hamster supervisor.
Best wishes, Hans
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The White House is saying that they're having a tough time keeping the White House web site up to date, because they only have 6 people and a budget of $1M. Is this complaint justified? Does anyone have any facts (of other web sites) to compare this with? How much money and how big a support staff do you think they should have to get the job done?
Best wishes, Hans
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We're not just talking about the direct costs of employment but also the other on-costs. You need HR people to hire and fire them, accounts people to make sure they get paid, security people to check their ID at the door, offices, people to clean the offices, electricity, ... I don't know how the US govt does its accounting, but in all the universities and research labs institutions I've worked in, the multiplier has been between 2.4 and 3.4. (Yes, 3,4!). If you want to hire someone for a project, you need to find 3.4 * salary to pay for that. Sure, some of the costs listed above aren't really a marginal cost, but that's not how the accounting is done. And let's not go trying to explain to accountants that their numbers are rubbery -- life's too short for that.
stuartprescott wrote:
I don't know how the US govt does its accounting
Very innovatively. The coined the term 'creative accounting". :~
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We're not just talking about the direct costs of employment but also the other on-costs. You need HR people to hire and fire them, accounts people to make sure they get paid, security people to check their ID at the door, offices, people to clean the offices, electricity, ... I don't know how the US govt does its accounting, but in all the universities and research labs institutions I've worked in, the multiplier has been between 2.4 and 3.4. (Yes, 3,4!). If you want to hire someone for a project, you need to find 3.4 * salary to pay for that. Sure, some of the costs listed above aren't really a marginal cost, but that's not how the accounting is done. And let's not go trying to explain to accountants that their numbers are rubbery -- life's too short for that.
stuartprescott wrote:
And let's not go trying to explain to accountants that their numbers are rubbery -- life's too short for that.
True. Besides, it would be cruel. Their hardwired little brains would explode if anyone explained reality to them. Worse, people who work in universities are so far removed from the real world it might well be impossible to even communicate the concept to them. Communication requires some common reference point to begin.
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There's no excuse, either adjust the budget or adjust the services offered. Someones not *managing* like they should be.
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Budget? Whats that? oh yea count your money before you actually have it. Something flawed in that logic :doh: