Michael, I don't think there are any hard and fast rules on this. Here are 2 examples of existing projects for your consideration.
Project 1 - 3 major rewrites First iteration in MS-Basic 1980-1983 800 person hours Second iteration in VFP5 - 6 months duration - over 600 person hours. Third iteration - 6 months in 2007 duration in VFP 9 - 170 person hours plus 28 tables in one database 63 stored procedures 42 views 17 classes 80 screens 35 reports 5 labels 23 programs 1 menu 90 bitmaps Project 2 in VFP 6, 7 & 9 between 2002-2007 - 3700 person hours plus 72 tables in on database 34 views 8 free tables 81 screens 61 reports 16 classes 8 programs 6 menus 12 text (.h) files 150 bitmaps There are other examples - some simpler and some more complex -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 8:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bidding for jobs based upon the number of tables involved Did any of you ever come up with a bid where the number tables in the database helped you form the idea of how many screens it'd take to support such a database? I've scoped out the database entities and their attributes for a job MBSS is bidding on and am now working to derive a price. Sure wish I was an expert at FPA (Function Point Analysis)!! Then there'd at least be a (somewhat) consistent formula! <g> (This is a VFP9 app against a MySQL backend). -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
