We are trying to come up with some sort of rough basis so that we can get a ballpark figure back to the client before launching into the Func spec stage. Some dont even want to progress past intial quote with out knowing how much they are letting themselves in for. This, on smaller projects means its a waste of time (because we dont get paid) to go out and do a func spec only for the client to say no. Someone told me that this stuff exists somewhere, but I havent been able to find it. Probably because I am a developer not a project manager.
Lets say we have these categories: Func Spec Tech Spec Development Test Scripts Testing Rework Dev documentation User Documentation Implementation What proportion of your time would you spend on these if say your dev hours for project x were 5 days? On 4/18/06, Chad Renando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No formula here. Factors to consider include the experience of the > programmer, the intellectual property of the studio, the level of > customization required (including use of pre-built and pre-tested > code), the amount of support available for similar types of > application (bleeding edge technology vs. crunch and punch), and the > main time delayer... amount of client-supplied content or requirements > involved. > > Or you could just use the factor of 2. > "How long until you're finished?" "Oh, a couple of hours" > "When will you deliver?" "In a couple of days" > "How long for build?" "2 weeks" > "When will we get paid?" "In a couple of months" > > :) > > Chad > who will be done in a couple of hours > > On 4/18/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > A bit OT I know but does any one work with a formula that takes an > > estimated number of hours in dev and then calculates (roughly) how much > > time is required for specs, dev, documentation, testing? > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Duncan I Loxton [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
