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1) Unfortunately this is rather impossible to answer without knowing the general scope of the work you need completed.
Having an understanding of what the scope of the job is will determine what abilities you will need and then you can begin to define a cost.
A person who is very good building spreadsheets for financial / analytical structuring/modeling with forecasting and scenario analysis will not have the same cost differential as your Excel VB programmer who you might want to design data reporting systems that gathers data from branch offices to be merged and collated at the home office.
2) Project pricing is a factor that's extremely variable from firm to firm, person to person. BUT, given clear project objectives, deliverables, and milestones makes it easier for someone to quote your job on a one price basis.
The more ambiguous, the more unclear, then the higher the tendency to hourly rates.
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gwkenny
Fin-ITsolutions.com
