On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Wade Preston Shearer <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9 Jan 2012, at 22:08, Wade Preston Shearer wrote: > >> Anyone have any opinion or advice on various point scales for estimating >> software >>development time? I've always done it in hours/days, but am going >> to try and have my >>team switch to a scale.
Best advice I ever heard and also the most correct thus far in my career. The amount of time a project will take is inversely proportional to the budget allotted. This holds true in all cases except in instances where the budget can be in the gobzillions and there is no oversight, such as a government contract. In which case the amount of time it takes is directly proportional to the budget divided by the distance between the nose of your CEO and his congressman's behind. Therefore the best metric is dollars :) In all seriousness though if you are getting to the point where you need to be considering metrics and projections please take a moment and read "The Mythical Man Month". It's an incredible read and caused me to rethink the way I do projects as a whole. I think it should be required reading for anyone involved in project management. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
