(ROSE) RE: (RUP) Estimation

[Keith Sterling]

A tool is only really as good as the methodology it supports, you should be concentrating on selecting the appropriate methodology that best suites the way you want to estimate.   I have effectively used COCOMO, Function Points and FITA as tools to estimate projects.   All a tool would do is report very simple information, such as base lines for your estimates, calculations used, and the results. Given that I have found Excel to be perfect for the job, of both allowing you to play round with estimates and then present them as pretty charts   PS. For all those not aware of FITA, it stands for Finger In The Air !! ;-)   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Sterling         Jacobs Rimell VP of Engineering Jacobs Rimell Ltd 24 Chiswell St London EC1Y 4TY             Tel : +44 207 786 4000 Mob : +44 7771 597 630 Fax : +44 207 786 4004 http://www.jacobsrimell.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICE: This email is confidential, may be legally privileged, and is for the intended recipient only.  If you are not the intended recipient, please inform the sender and delete the email immediately. WARNING: It is impossible to guarantee the content of this message when it is delivered across the internet, therefore the  sender accepts no liability for any claims arising from the information contained.     -----Original Message----- From: Anurag Shah-Edventure Systems [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 07 May 2002 15:01 To: Parker, Paul (CSC); RUP Forum; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (RUP) Estimation   But as I understand that COCOMO is a methodology and not a tool. COCOMO as a methodology is fine but when it come to communicating your estimations to others in terms of reports or charts or figures a tool will be really handy.   Anurag Shah. Technology Head EdVenture Systems. Converging Education & Information. Tel: +91-22-6187024. Cell: 9820315041. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.edventuresystems.com Do you have the EdVantage?? ----- Original Message ----- From: Parker, Paul (CSC) To: 'Anurag Shah-Edventure Systems' ; RUP Forum ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 7:19 PM Subject: RE: (RUP) Estimation   Rational doesn't have an estimation tool, I would look at Cocomo.  McGraw-Hill  has a book by T. Casper Jones Estimating Software Cost that I use as a reference. Paul V. Parker Manager, Quality Assurance Enterprise IT Strategy & Planning 954-351-8114 954-304-0443 (cell) 954-938-7777 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Anurag Shah-Edventure Systems [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 9:08 AM To: RUP Forum; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: (RUP) Estimation Hi All,   Does Rational provide for any estimation tools/ methods? I face this question everytime I talk or hear of requisite Pro/Rose. If not are there any tools in the market which are good enough and how many of them can be linked with rational tools.?   thanks in advance   Anurag Shah. Technology Head EdVenture Systems. Converging Education & Information. Tel: +91-22-6187024. Cell: 9820315041. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.edventuresystems.com Do you have the EdVantage??