Ah, yes, the old "120 hours?! I can do it in 4!" claim.
Actually, not enought information is available in your post to determine if
this is a reasonable estimate. If the task is just to rename some tables
and columns, then a day might be sufficient. But:
Is the database working correctly, now?
Are the requirements changing in a way that requires more robustness and
optimization in the DB?
"Changing things as we go" sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Is this even a project for a DBA? If a complete re-design is in order, then
the 120 hours estimate to learn how the data is to be collected, stored and
utilized, and to design and implement a solution may be conservative.
Received on Tue Sep 07 1999 - 15:46:40 CDT
