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What is it worth?
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Posted by: mori0276

This might be an odd type of question, but I can't find any resources on it what-so-ever. What I'd like to know is how much I should charge the law firm I recently completed IT work for. I've put in many, many hours into it, but it is my first major project of its type and I had a learning curve. Since I was doing so much learning-on-the-go I want to charge by project worth, not by hour. This is a rough outline of the work I did:

-Backed up data on workstations (9 of them)
-Reformatted all of them and re-installed (I was able to use imaging software on a few that actually were identical models, the others were different models/hardware and required full re-installations)
-Installed and configured Windows Server 2003 with group policies to lock out a number of things per their request
-Built a data directory structure with applicable permissions per user
-Set up updating systems, virus scanning systems, and backup systems

That is pretty much the outline of what I did. There computer systems were an absolute mess before I took this on and migrated them to a server-based infrastructure. And of course there were other random things that cropped up that I had to deal with. It was a very big project, but I don't want to over-charge them due to my "learning curve". I have a number of certifications (MCSA, CCNA, Security+, Network+, and A+). So, I'm not a newbie to the knowledge, just the experience.

Any help you guys can give me on giving an estimate of what the labor is worth???

Posted by: superdave1984

Try contacting a local company (several if you can) that does similar work and ask for a quote on the job you just described, then go from there.

Posted by: King X13

you should have discussed this with them prior to taken the job. now if you charge an amount they dont want to pay its going to be a pain.

Posted by: mori0276

That isn't so much an issue. This is for my Dad's law firm. They WILL pay me accordingly. The issue is more that I don't want to overcharge them. I would like some opinions on what a project of this magnitude is worth. Any estimates you could provide me?

Posted by: King X13

i mean heres some rough numbers that i charge and arent set in stone.

$50 a machine for back up

$100 per machine for reinstall and configure(ghost or no ghost)

depending on the depth and out long GP took and and if i set up AD, $500-600 maybe more if i felt.

i dont know what your data directory consisted of but maybe a $100 or so for that

updating/virus scaning, etc $50-100 per machine depending if i did 1 thing or 20.

hope that helps alittle.

Posted by: mori0276

Ya, thank you. That helped a lot. I was estimating about the same numbers. Thanks again! :D