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Ten points is a budget, not a limit

Why I plan projects as a ten-point loadout, and how dropping a perk made a launch land on time.

Spend on purpose

Clients hire skills, but they pay for time. Showing them a ten-point loadout makes the trade-off visible: more motion design means less research, unless the budget moves.

On Glass Orchard we held two points back for surprises. We needed both.

Filed by Iris Calder

Product designer & front-end developer · Rotterdam

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Iris Calder

Product designer & front-end developer. I take on four missions a year, start to finish.

Base

Rotterdam

Timezone

CET · UTC+1

Status

Open Jan 2027

Mission complete.

Thanks for playing through. The next one could be yours.

© 2026 Iris Calder

51°55′N 4°28′E

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Operator card

Rank · Lead

Iris Calder

Product designer & front-end developer. I take on four missions a year, start to finish.

Base

Rotterdam

Timezone

CET · UTC+1

Status

Open Jan 2027

Mission complete.

Thanks for playing through. The next one could be yours.

© 2026 Iris Calder

51°55′N 4°28′E

Template · Loadfolio

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