So you got hired by a company to develop a software application for them. How would you come up with the cost? What factors would you consider?
Time, Features, Programming Language ease On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:09 PM, julianne anyim <julianneanyim@gmail.com>wrote:
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I would recommend first you value your time. How much is 1 hour of your time worth? From this, you can then build up an approximate cost based on the time it will take to develop that software. On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:09 PM, julianne anyim <julianneanyim@gmail.com>wrote:
So you got hired by a company to develop a software application for them. How would you come up with the cost? What factors would you consider?
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COCOMO <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COCOMO>anybody??? really wish i cud say there's an app for that!!! On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
I would recommend first you value your time. How much is 1 hour of your time worth? From this, you can then build up an approximate cost based on the time it will take to develop that software.
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:09 PM, julianne anyim <julianneanyim@gmail.com>wrote:
So you got hired by a company to develop a software application for them. How would you come up with the cost? What factors would you consider?
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Hello, I develop custom Excel sheet that techs can use to evaluate RFPs, software cost estimators and Technology evaluation - running on VBA Excel and some advanced Excel tricks. Anyone interested? Inboxx On 3/17/11, Muoki Maingi <mmviqtah@gmail.com> wrote:
COCOMO <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COCOMO>anybody??? really wish i cud say there's an app for that!!!
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
I would recommend first you value your time. How much is 1 hour of your time worth? From this, you can then build up an approximate cost based on the time it will take to develop that software.
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:09 PM, julianne anyim <julianneanyim@gmail.com>wrote:
So you got hired by a company to develop a software application for them. How would you come up with the cost? What factors would you consider?
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Standard metrics for software development are */lines of cod/e* and */function points/*. You could google to get details of each and see which would be most appropriate for you. On 3/17/2011 12:50 PM, David Kandie wrote:
Hello, I develop custom Excel sheet that techs can use to evaluate RFPs, software cost estimators and Technology evaluation - running on VBA Excel and some advanced Excel tricks. Anyone interested? Inboxx
On 3/17/11, Muoki Maingi<mmviqtah@gmail.com> wrote:
COCOMO<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COCOMO>anybody??? really wish i cud say there's an app for that!!!
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Peter Karunyu<pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
I would recommend first you value your time. How much is 1 hour of your time worth? From this, you can then build up an approximate cost based on the time it will take to develop that software.
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:09 PM, julianne anyim <julianneanyim@gmail.com>wrote:
So you got hired by a company to develop a software application for them. How would you come up with the cost? What factors would you consider?
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also dont forget, their purchasing power. i have encountered clients who rejected a well priced bid cause it was too cheap for them, and the converse is true. On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 1:42 PM, James Kagwe <kagwejg@gmail.com> wrote:
Standard metrics for software development are *lines of code* and *function points*. You could google to get details of each and see which would be most appropriate for you.
On 3/17/2011 12:50 PM, David Kandie wrote:
Hello, I develop custom Excel sheet that techs can use to evaluate RFPs, software cost estimators and Technology evaluation - running on VBA Excel and some advanced Excel tricks. Anyone interested? Inboxx
On 3/17/11, Muoki Maingi <mmviqtah@gmail.com> <mmviqtah@gmail.com> wrote:
COCOMO <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COCOMO> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COCOMO>anybody??? really wish i cud say there's an app for that!!!
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
I would recommend first you value your time. How much is 1 hour of your time worth? From this, you can then build up an approximate cost based on the time it will take to develop that software.
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:09 PM, julianne anyim<julianneanyim@gmail.com> <julianneanyim@gmail.com>wrote:
So you got hired by a company to develop a software application for them. How would you come up with the cost? What factors would you consider?
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what the client can reasonably pay for the software.Also try and see what alternatives the client has and what the cost would be. e,g an OTS solution......... On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:09 PM, julianne anyim <julianneanyim@gmail.com>wrote:
So you got hired by a company to develop a software application for them. How would you come up with the cost? What factors would you consider?
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Hi, I would use tools such as expert judgment, analogous, parametric, bottom-up, three-point estimate (PERT), among others. These consider factors such as * cost of labor (analysts, designers, programmers, testers, project management, product management, etc), * cost of materials or developing your deliverable (codes, components, API, PC, etc), work packages, etc * opportunity costs (in make-or-buy decisions) * cost of quality * cost of risks and/or opportunities (reserve analysis) * cost of software life cycle (including maintenance cost) * vendor bid analysis - you may ask some people to quote for you. * list is endless, but I would take the above as important. hope this is useful. On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:09 PM, julianne anyim <julianneanyim@gmail.com>wrote:
So you got hired by a company to develop a software application for them. How would you come up with the cost? What factors would you consider?
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thanks guys for the insightful responses, i will come back if i need further guidance :) On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Tuma Barua <tumabarua@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I would use tools such as expert judgment, analogous, parametric, bottom-up, three-point estimate (PERT), among others. These consider factors such as
* cost of labor (analysts, designers, programmers, testers, project management, product management, etc), * cost of materials or developing your deliverable (codes, components, API, PC, etc), work packages, etc * opportunity costs (in make-or-buy decisions) * cost of quality * cost of risks and/or opportunities (reserve analysis) * cost of software life cycle (including maintenance cost) * vendor bid analysis - you may ask some people to quote for you. * list is endless, but I would take the above as important.
hope this is useful.
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:09 PM, julianne anyim <julianneanyim@gmail.com>wrote:
So you got hired by a company to develop a software application for them. How would you come up with the cost? What factors would you consider?
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