Every project has a different scope.
Every project combines different needs, scope and levels of complexity. Before estimating an investment, we look at what needs to be solved, the resources involved and the most efficient way to approach it. Here we explain which factors shape the budget and some common ways of working.
The budget is defined from the scope, the complexity and the resources required. Before starting, every proposal establishes what the work includes, how it is organised and what investment it requires. Depending on the type of project, the proposal can be structured by defined scope, by stages, as recurring work, or in a model adapted to the level of definition available. When the project still needs definition, the assessment makes it possible to establish a reasonable scope first.
What shapes a project budget
Services can vary significantly by scope, complexity, content, integrations, languages and level of customisation. That is why the investment is defined from each project’s concrete needs.
When there is enough information about the scope we can indicate the investment; the specific proposal is prepared once what the project includes has been defined.
What makes a project more expensive and what makes it cheaper
Six factors explain almost all the difference between two budgets for the same service. Knowing them lets you adjust the scope before requesting the proposal.
Amount of content
Languages
Integrations
Starting point
Level of customisation
Urgency
Relative complexity of each type of work
A reference to place your case: which jobs are one-off, which involve greater complexity and which work better as an ongoing service.
Examples of ways of working
Common ways of organising a piece of work, for orientation: an exploratory project advances in stages, and an already-defined scope can be agreed in full from the start.
Each proposal defines the scope, the investment and the corresponding way of working. Any change of scope that may affect the budget is communicated and agreed before continuing.
See the full processDefined-scope project
Per the proposalThe scope can be described precisely from the start. It is agreed in writing and deliveries are reviewed by phase.
Staged work
Per the proposalThe project is divided into stages with a review at the end of each, and continuing is decided with the previous stage’s information in hand.
Recurring service
PeriodicScope defined per period, with tracking and reporting. Reviewed by mutual agreement when needs change.
Progressive implementation
Per the proposalThe result isn’t fully known in advance: we advance in bounded blocks, measuring before extending.
Model adapted to the project
Per the proposalWhen none of the above fits, the model is defined in the proposal along with the scope.
How we handle the budget during the project
The studio’s working principles. The specific conditions of each project are set out in its proposal.
Tell us about your projectIf unforeseen work appears, we stop, explain it and decide together before continuing.
How many rounds each phase includes is defined in the proposal, so nobody discovers the limit mid-project.
Hosting, licences and printing are presented with their terms and receipt, or contracted directly in the client’s name.
Handover of access, files and documentation is part of closing the project and is defined in the proposal.
If the project is interrupted, the applicable conditions are those its own proposal established.
How to make the project fit
When the budget requires adjustment, we prioritise reducing or dividing the scope rather than compromising the quality of the work.
Fewer sections, one language instead of two, one integration instead of three. What gets done, gets done well; what doesn’t fit waits for later.
Publish a first complete, solid version and add the rest when there is budget. That is different from delivering something half-finished.
If your team writes the copy, loads the content or produces the photos, that part comes out of the budget. Who does what is defined from the start.
Start from a platform or a system already resolved instead of building bespoke. You lose flexibility and gain a good deal on cost and timing.
The financial and payment conditions are specified in each project’s corresponding proposal.
Third-party services. When a project requires third-party services or licences, how they are handled is specified in the corresponding proposal.
Questions about budgets and engagement models
The ones worth resolving before requesting a proposal.
Tell us what you need and we’ll assess the next step.
The first conversation serves to understand the need, the possible scope and whether we are the right team. Each proposal then defines the scope, the investment and the corresponding way of working.
We normally reply within 1–2 business days.