> The initial contract set out that we would have code updates on a monthly > basis, so the progress could be reviewed etc. The intent was that we would > be provided with a complete system that functioned as the old system did, > but with some new features and not in C++ 6. It was a contract, and there > were a ton of milestone deadlines, none of which were met, ever. We kept > moving things and obviously kept developing, trying to get a functioning > beta out, or well anything. Don't get me wrong, I did see functioning work, > just not by the appointed deadlines. > > Well, I can see using some of the .NET stuff I guess. I mean it is already > written right? I can access the library from CF8 (which I do have) and the > couple of functions that are written seem to work, but I have not been able > to put it under a huge load yet. I have already started planning an > interface through CF using ColdExt to replicate the web-side that we were > initially shown (course I got mine together way faster....) > > Part of my problem, with not having a beta that works properly, is that I > cannot evaluate the programs speed across my network, which I know sounds > like it wouldn't really matter, but if something takes 7 seconds to > complete, rather than 2, then after having staff do that something 100 times > a day, their productivity goes WAY down just for having to wait for > something to complete. > > And I know that the monetary evaluation is subjective, but I am trying to do > some due diligence before hand.
I think the best you're going to be able to do is either (a) prepare an estimate of how long it'll take you to build a working system from this code, and compare it to an estimate of how long it would take you to build it from scratch, or (b) hire a consultant to prepare similar estimates. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:315059 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
