Variables that affect implementation fees:

Project Details:

• Size of report - There are numerous reasons to implement Working Papers. You might focus on automating simple year-end statements (30 - 40 pages). Or you may need to automate your much larger CAFR (200+ pages) or large Budget Book. Some choose to also automate their provincial/statewide reports at the same time.
• Graphic design complexity- Some Budget Books make extensive use of images, graphing, shading, changes in orientation and font. Other reports are very professionally designed but do not require the same complex design elements. 
• Repetition - Many large reports have significant repetition in format. For example, imagine using the same 4 schedules for each fund or fund group with some minor configuration for each instance. Those 4 schedules will power 200+ pages of your 300-page report. This repetition makes building the report much easier when compared to 200 pages where each page has a unique structure. 
• Exactness of reproduction - you may have considerable flexibility when it comes to the look of the document  (fonts, formats, spacing etc.) so long as it is professional and easy to use. Others require much more stringent adherence to their current format. 
• Number of users - In some finance departments, just one or two users directly use the Caseware environment, collecting and integrating the information from a larger team. Other departments have that large group of accounting professionals all using the software to directly contribute to the reports. Caseware solutions are licensed on a per-named-user basis. 

Division of Labor:

• How much work is passed onto us? In a guided self-implementation our client does nearly all the work and our team provides training, guidance and direction only. Note that this approach may not work for your organization. This article discusses the items to evaluate if you are considering this approach. 
  
  Conversely, we are often engaged to build the budget book/statements including all fonts, formats, content and linking to group codes. Often we are even engaged to group accounts and reconcile to previously published statements, in addition to providing training and guidance.

Support Requirements:

• Availability - Some clients have team members that have time that they can dedicate to the project, others have a hard time keeping up with the day-to-day operational projects due to staff shortages/vacancies/maternity leave etc.
• Skills - Some teams have many professionals on staff that have worked through many previous year ends / budget book cycles. They have detailed knowledge of the process and your organization. Others do not. Some of our clients have members of their finance team that are very comfortable with technology. Some do not. 
• Aftercare - Many of clients elect to have unlimited post go-live support for their champion to aid them through their future reporting cycles. Others opt to go for a time and materials approach instead.