Steve, This is going to be industry dependent, I can clearly see from Earl's comments. In Automotive (manufacturing 830, 862, 856) it's the 856 that's going to take the most time (unless you're dealing with JITs, that can complicate the 830/862 process considerably). As does everyone, we copy and tweak. It's that which allows the "average" of 1 day to do the gap analysis/create mapping document, one to map and one to test. If you're starting from scratch, it's going to take a lot longer. If you're dealing with documents you haven't used before, it's going to take longer. If your industry doesn't have (or doesn't follow) standards, each TP is likely to be a new adventure.
It's also going to depend on the tool you use, TP set up can take moments or much longer, if you're going to be involved in that. Good Luck, Leah ________________________________ From: Earl Wertheimer <[email protected]> To: Steven Santillo <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] EDI PROJECT ESTIMATEs Steve > Over the past 9 years we have been charging between 30-40 hours per > map. 850, 810, 856 etc. Our customer is now saying this is too high. > I can do a map in about an hour while someone else on my team may take > a week. I would like to get ideas from what others charge and how do > you back it up. Do you use a tool or have some other method to > estimate EDI projects. I always clone new maps from existing, then make the TP specific changes. I need about 1 hour per document. (810, 856) I tell new clients that new outbound maps will not take more than 2 hours. Incoming 850s do not need mapping, since they are very similar. I take about 30 minutes to review the IG and make sure that there are no surprises. Sometimes I have to decide where to put a specific DTM that has a new qualifier. New incoming documents may take some time for the first one, since I have to map the document to the database. Testing is on an hourly basis. I built a database to maintain the maps. It builds a CSV file which is imported into the translator. I would export my existing maps and put them online, but I haven't seen a format that is useful for other people, yet... If you have any ideas, let me know. Earl Wertheimer [email protected] http://www.spe-edi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
