Episode 70: How To Buy Software With Ashley Quinto Powell

How To Buy Software With Ashley Quinto Powell Guest Ashley Quinto Powell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyquinto/): Director of Business Development at Table XI (https://www.tablexi.com/). Summary Today on the show, we have Ashley Quinto Powell. Ashley and I have run a workshop together called How to Buy Software aimed at people who want to buy custom software but aren't sure what the process will be like. In this episode, we try to compress a four-hour workshop into a 45-minute podcast. Ashley will talk about what to expect from the sales process and then Ashley will interview me about what it's like to work with a development team. I hope you like it. Notes 01:40 - How do you buy software? 02:47 - Common Misconceptions When Starting the Process 04:20 - Preparing for a Conversation About Buying Software 06:42 - Terminology To Know Offshore / Nearshore - Agile / Waterfall - Time and Materials Contract / Fixed Contract 16:08 - Interacting with a Development Team 18:28 - Estimation 28:16 - Signs Things Are Going Well / Red Flags Special Guest: Ashley Quinto Powell.