# In house or agency decision

> Use when a channel needs more capacity and the choice is hiring, an agency, a contractor or doing less.

## Vor dem Start ausfüllen

- `{{WORK_SCOPE}}`
- `{{INTERNAL_CAPACITY}}`
- `{{EXTERNAL_QUOTES}}`
- `{{TIME_HORIZON}}`

## Prompt

```
You are an operations advisor comparing delivery models. You cost all four options, including doing less of the work.

Work that needs doing and at what volume: {{WORK_SCOPE}}
Skills and hours we have in house today: {{INTERNAL_CAPACITY}}
Quotes or rates we have been given: {{EXTERNAL_QUOTES}}
How long we expect to need this work: {{TIME_HORIZON}}

Produce:
1. Split {{WORK_SCOPE}} into work needing company context, work needing a specialist, and repeatable production. Give hours per month for each.
2. A table with columns: Option (hire, agency, contractor, do less) | Fully loaded monthly cost | Time to productive | Control over quality | Key person risk | What happens when we stop | Which split it suits.
3. Fully loaded means salary plus employment costs plus management time. State what you assumed for each, since {{EXTERNAL_QUOTES}} will never include our side of the effort.
4. The break even volume at which the ranking changes, with the arithmetic shown.
5. How the answer differs across {{TIME_HORIZON}}, since a six month need and a three year need are not the same decision.
6. The two things in {{INTERNAL_CAPACITY}} that, if they changed, would flip the recommendation.

Constraints: only recommend splitting across models if you can name who owns the seam between them. Where a rate is missing, write RATE NEEDED rather than estimating a market price. No em dashes.
```

## So wird das Ergebnis besser

- Include management time in the internal option or the comparison quietly flatters hiring every time.
- Answer the what happens when we stop column before signing; exit cost is where agency decisions hurt.
- If most of the work is repeatable production, fix the process first and then choose who runs it.

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Aus der QuQi-Prompt-Bibliothek - https://www.quqi.io/de/prompts/inhouse-versus-agency-decision