Effective Software Sizing
Here is a “lost” paper i wrote in 2007 encompassing software sizing I just stumbled across it. I am pretty confident we have cleaner PDF versions so if you want them please comment or email.
IT departments are under increasing pressure each year to deliver projects on time and on budget. Finance teams closely monitor project budgets to ensure ROI, while marketing teams keep a close eye on schedules to ensure software will be delivered when promised. Despite all this monitoring, project overruns are alarming. The Standish Group –well known for its 12+ years of IT project research – reports budget overruns for projects since 2000 have averaged 50%, while schedule overruns occur in more than 75% of all projects.
The key to consistent project success is effective software sizing, but sizing is often the most difficult part of the project estimate. Project managers grapple with being able to accurately estimate the amount of code needed to satisfy product requirements, and they struggle to quantify risks and uncertainties associated with their estimates. Read more
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