Re: Oracle Contractor's Estimate Too High ?

If you feel uncomfortable with the first quote, have another contractor give you another quote; sorta like a second opinion from a doctor.

I would have to say though, that this seems fairly accurate if the contractor is going to produce the following: requirements document, design specification, test plan, detailed project schedule and then do the actual implementation.

There's a price difference between professional engineering and hacking. There's a time and place for hacking, but the short term and long term costs should be understood.

Hope this helps,

Matt Houseman

Ken Tough <ken_at_objectech.co.uk> wrote in message news:ITNBIwBHC5z3Ews$@objectech.co.uk...
> Apparently Michael Smith <mds_at_teleport.com> wrote:
>
> >Total design time - about a
> >week, given good conditions. One of the most critical factors, given the
> >apparent lack of documentation, is the presence of someone who can
explain
> >the thinking behind the current design and how the tables relate to each
> >other.
>
> Exactly... Sure the head guy could do it in 4 hours, that's
> why it's in the mess it is in right now. As well, it would
> be stuck once again without any documentation. If you want
> to include proper design documentation on any project, talking
> about one day is ridiculous.
>
> Presumably it includes porting the data in, and at least
> preliminary design of all the access methods and things.
> With fully looking at optimisation, estimates of throughput/
> access times, whatever, sounds to me at least 80 hours would
> not be unreasonable. All depends on how much and of what
> quality you expect from the contractor.
>
> Sounds like the first part of solving your problems is
> getting a new, project capable, head of IT.
>
> --
> Ken Tough
Received on Wed Sep 08 1999 - 19:45:27 CDT