u/JimCasy

Still relatively new to the consulting gig, and I'm still on a learning curve when it comes to making formal bids. Right now for example I've been asked to help with a bid on setting a client up on ArcGIS Enterprise for a small team and I could use a sanity check if my hours estimates make sense.

I've done this multiple times in the past but I was on a salary, so I was never tracking my exact hours for each step. Here's my current breakdown:

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Phase	Scope	Hours (low)	Hours (typical)	Hours (high)
1	Discovery: stakeholders, URLs, DNS, SSL plan, service accounts	1	2	4
2	Solution architecture: diagram, ports, backup, security narrative	1	2	4
3	Infrastructure: VMs, storage, backup, AV exclusions	2	4	6
4	Certificates and DNS: public CA, bindings, trust chain	1	2	4
5	Portal for ArcGIS: install, license, org, SSL	2	4	6
6	ArcGIS Server: install, authorize, create site, directories	2	4	6
7	ArcGIS Data Store: install, register with hosting server	1	2	4
8	Web Adaptor (Portal + Server): HTTPS, smoke tests	2	4	6
9	Federation: hosting server, utility services baseline	1	2	4
10	Hardening: TLS, least privilege, logging, monitoring hooks	2	4	6
11	Smoke test and handover: hosted layer, printing, docs, KT	4	8	12
	Total Consulting Hours	19	38	62

Any help much appreciated! Feel free to hit me up if you'll be at the Energy conference in Houston next week.