Re: Best intranet solution for a small digital agency?

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Rob B (uk) <robtotheb@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I work for a small digital agency (10-15 employees).  We design and
> build websites (using php and Django).  Are we better off building our
> own intranet using django or going for a pre built (free or paid for)
> solution?
>
> Key features needed:
>
>  - Project management (basecamp clone)
>  - Time reporting
>  - Local and external file sharing (dropbox clone)

I would suggest that this problem is one of the classic examples
subject to Hofstader's Law [1] :-).

Your engineering time is expensive. Even a paid subscription service
to basecamp, et al will cost you less than a billable hour per month.
Unless:
* You want to get into the custom intranet business, and you need a
working example to demo to clients and build up your engineering
resources, or
* You think you can build an full intranet in a couple of hours, or
* You have some seriously custom intranet requirements

I suspect you'll find that using a pre-built service will be much
cheaper than a build-it-yourself solution.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter's_law

Yours,
Russ Magee %-)

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