Hi Loren,
this will really depend on the kind of customizations you want to have the
programmer implement. Although something might seem simple from a functional
perspective, it could have big implications on the amount of coding work
required. This also works vice-versa, some customizations are less work
intensive than they seem.
But a Java programmer with enough system administration knowledge to also
actually deploy the repository and the underlying software, should have a
DEFAULT DSpace up and running in 1, 2 weeks tops. (I would even say 1-2
HOURS, but the other time is just to take care of specific issues or bugs
that could arise).
Not being a technical guy here, I'm sure that I'm walking a very slippery
slope here. As you already indicated, this is nebulous and will very much
depend on your programmer's background & experience.
In any case, 2 weeks should be a more accurate estimate than 2 months.
@mire offers remote installation services through our own developers,
directly on client servers. In our experience, the time required for an
installation also heavily depends on developer proficiency with the
operating system & database. E.g, an Oracle expert will have an easier time
installing/using an Oracle DSpace opposed to the PostgreSQL alternative. So
if you're able to take the developer's experience with these platforms into
account when making your decision on OS & Database, you'll have a chance to
shorten installation time.
hope this helps!
best regards,
Bram Luyten
@mire
Technologielaan 9 - 3001 Heverlee - Belgium
2888 Loker Avenue East, Suite 305 - Carlsbad, CA 92010 - USA
atmire.com - Institutional Repository Solutions
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Loren Pahlke <[email protected]>wrote:
> I'm trying to get some idea how long in months it might take a single
> competent programmer to install DSpace, to make a "moderate" set of
> customizations to it, to make branding changes to the UI, to customize
> the metadata for the kind of material being ingested, and to make the
> repository ready for regular use. Let's assume the programmer has not
> worked with DSpace before. I know this is nebulous, but are we likely to
> be talking about 2 weeks, 2 months, 6 months?
>
> Loren Pahlke
>
>
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