Hal, I'm talking about having a form on each prototype page with boxes for the number of dsp_, qry_, and act_ files. That way you wouldn't have to worry about keeping up a spreadsheet. You'd just enter your estimates right there on the page, along with the devnotes.
You could then display the estimated time/cost for the current page as well as the whole app, and have another CFM page that shows a report of all your prototypes. I LOVE this spreadsheet. I takes all of the guess-work out of estimating FLiP project. As you pointed out earlier, FLiP borrows a lot of the good ideas from XP and none of the bad ones. We can now add "project velocity" to that list. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "hal helms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 4:07 PM Subject: RE: Conversations follow on ... > He didn't say how he had arrived at the estimation, Patrick. I think, > though, that you could easily do a "web query" that reads the > spreadsheet that Steve came up with and automatically update the > prototype. Pretty cool stuff. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick McElhaney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 3:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Conversations follow on ... > > > > Hal wrote: > > > > Right, Paul. That's why I like the idea of putting on the prototype > > an > > > approximation of how much the application would cost if we were to > > stop RIGHT NOW. That avoids unpleasant surprises. (That idea came from > > > one of my students.) > > > This estimation thing is just way too cool, guys. Would you believe > I'm actually starting to get excited about FLiP? > > Has anyone actually modified Devnotes (or whatever) to put the number > of atomi- uh, "fuses" right there on the prototype page and tally them > on a separate page that resembles the spreadsheet? Is that what your > student did, Hal? > > Patrick ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
