Our 5 Rules for Evaluating Which Projects to Take
Every business should have certain guidelines that decide which gigs to take and which to turn down, our 5 simple rules for that are (in the particular order):
1- Will it be fun?
2- Is it something new and innovative?
3- Will it bring good income?
4- Will it bring us closer to our goals?
5- Do we feel good about our client?
Projects have to provide two of the above to be worth taking, otherwise we say “No” politely and refer the client to one of our partners.
Of course there’s bound to be exceptions, like a certain project that carry one factor that significantly shadows other factors, but they are few and far between.
We believe that learning when to say “No”, matters more to our success than saying “Yes”.
And it’s not only because we have limited resources, but also because we (and you) should care about the output of our work, and any project that doesn’t carry some of the above rules won’t come up as good as it optimally should be.
Do you have similar rules in place? and if yes, what are they?
This is a great post, I agree 100%.
Love this post. All consultants new and old could use these are guidelines and to not be blinded by money alone.
at alixsys we have only rule 5 . because we feel it’s good enough this way
Point no.5 would definitely weigh heavy in my book, but you can’t do uninteresting and/or cheap work all the time, even if it is for great clients, right?
It will be helpful for making a project with these 5 rules as we can make the output look more attractive to our client
Exactly, these 5 rules ensures that the project output will be satisfactory for you and the client, and you won’t have a hard time executing it.