We've been getting several inquiries related to document management in Drupal, and occasionally about OpenAtrium, a Drupal distribution we've used as a base for several projects that needed strong group collaboration functionality.
Heerad asks:
Health care is about helping people, but the practice of health care in many cases has become far more about data and data management. At Freelock, we think data systems should help people communicate, and we build systems to coordinate people, keep track of details and get out of the way.
We're not trying to solve the big problems with health care data management -- we focus on a few specific solutions.
Previously we learned why a custom web site is not a car. But it is a lot like a building.
"Make me a building. How much is it going to cost?"
Clients love fixed-price projects, because they have transferred the risk of the unknowns to the vendor. Even so, if the vendor cannot fully handle those risks, the entire project might fail.
Ask any contractor the most economical way to get a job done, and the answer will be "Time and materials." The reason? You are taking on all the project risk.
There's a few problems with setting up shop on the web. All of your competitors are right next door. You're in the worst neighborhood, with crooks inventing new tools to break in every day. That parking lot you just built now has to accommodate scooters and semi trucks.
If there's one thing that's constant in the web world, it's change.
