Scoped

A scoping and budget planning tool for freelancers.

Between my work as a freelancer and as a developer for a consulting firm, putting together cost estimates for proposals is something I have to do over and over again. I wanted to develop a tool to streamline this process

Ben Tyler Founder

February 7, 2021 Listed MVP on Flurly

After listing the MVP on Gumroad a few weeks prior, I decided to list my mvp on the new @Flurly platform. Blown away by the simplicity and ease of use. Big fan!

I am hoping that listing on both Gumroad and Flurly will help get Scoped in front of more people that might find it useful.

Available at https://flurly.com/p/scoped

Scoping and Budget Planning Google Sheets Template

Overview A scoping and budget planning tool that does most of the work for you. This Google Sheet template streamlines and automates the process of developing cost estimates when bidding on a project. It can serve both as a planning tool as well as a deliverable for a client. Highlights Create tasks with associated billing rates and markup percentages Breakout tasks into sub-tasks for more accurate estimates Breakout sub-tasks into mini-tasks for even more granular and accurate estimates Automatically rolls up task and sub-task estimates to produce final estimates based on your provided billing rates and markup percentages This template is equally geared towards freelancers or consulting teams and grew out of my own experience in the consulting sector. Usage After purchasing, you will be redirected to the Google Sheets Template. At this point you can either make a copy of the template and use it in Google Sheets or download the file for use in Excel Using as a Google Sheets …

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Ben Tyler

January 21, 2021 Listed MVP on Gumroad

First time using Gumroad. With my MVP complete, I decided to list it on Gumroad. Throughout my work as a freelancer and developer at a consulting firm, putting together cost estimates for proposal has always been a time suck for me. As a result, I developed a template to automate this process as much as possible.

I figure others have the same pain points, so I wanted to make this template available to others in hopes that it can help them too.

Available at https://gumroad.com/l/scoped

Scoping and Budget Planning Google Sheets Template

OverviewA scoping and budget planning tool that does most of the work for you. This Google Sheet template streamlines and automates the process of developing cost estimates when bidding on a project. It can serve both as a planning tool as well as a deliverable for a client.HighlightsCreate tasks with associated billing rates and markup percentagesBreakout tasks into sub-tasks for more accurate estimatesBreakout sub-tasks into mini-tasks for even more granular and accurate estimatesAutomatically rolls up task and sub-task estimates to produce final estimates based on your provided billing rates and markup percentagesThis template is equally geared towards freelancers or consulting teams and grew out of my own experience in the consulting sector.UsageAfter purchasing, you will be redirected to the Google Sheets Template. At this point you can either make a copy of the template and use it in Google Sheets or download the file for use in ExcelUsing as a Google Sheets TemplateMake sure yo…

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Ben Tyler

January 16, 2021 Completed MVP

I had slowly been features adding to the Google Sheet template over the past year for my own use cases. At this point, the template allowed you to easily add metadata for your project, set billing rates and markup by task, and easily break out tasks into sub tasks and even sub sub tasks.

After working with the template over the past year or so, I thought others might find it really useful. It has saved me a ton of time when bidding on projects, made my estimates more accurate, and has even served as a deliverable that I could share directly with a client.

I was pretty happy with the current state of the template but knew it needed to sprucing up and some documentation. Accordingly, the majority of the work needed to get the MVP completed focused on styling and writing a clear read me. It took about a day to get the MVP completed.

Ben Tyler

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