Re: Project Estimating

[Bob Larkin <blarkin@xxxxxx>]

Jon,
My experience has shown that this number varies widely, based on staff 
experience,
productive hours (vs. Fire fighting) familiarity with application. My 
suggestion is
that each site track the effort on current projects, then refine the future
estimates based on the past. As part of this effort, the shop should perform an
end-of-project meeting to discuss any outside factors that affected the time 
spent,
as well as lessons learned. This type of communication will lead to a more
productive environment.
Bob Larkin

Jon Paris wrote:

> I have a query from a customer who's seeking "Rules of Thumb" for estimating
> development effort for AS/400 RPG projects.    They have problems with their
> estimates being much too low, and are trying to become more accurate.  An
> example of the types of things they would like to document would be, based on 
>x
> files, y screens, and z updates, a typical program might take xx days to
> develop.
>
> I've been out of production work for too long to guestimate this - any got any
> ideas they would care to share?
>
> Jon Paris - AS/400 AD Market Support - paris@ca.ibm.com
> Phone: (416) 448-4019   -   Fax: (416) 448-4414
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