Re: Any doc to estimate conversion of forms3 or 4 to 4.5?

konschud <konschud_at_cadvision.com> wrote:

>I have been asked to provide a guesstimate as to the time and
> resources required to convert a forms 3.0 application to 4.5 and also
> for a forms 4.0 application.
 

>I am looking for any guidelines, that will help me put together a proposal
> to upper management, highlighting the time required, the method of
> determining this conclusion, and steps to be followed to complete the
> conversion.
 

>Thankyou in advance.
 

>Darrell K.
>DAK Designs
>konschud_at_cadvision.com

I was involved in such a project last year. A LOT of variables are involved: Knowledge of the conversion team in the application, Forms 4x, and in GUI design; quality and complexity of the existing forms; new functionality to be added; GUI standards; etc., etc., etc. In our particular case, we estimated 6-8 hours for simple forms (1-2 Blocks, minimal non-default functionality), 12-16 hours on moderately complex, and 20-24 hours on complex forms. This worked out about right on most of the work, which was a straight conversion job (no added functionality). However, some complex, critical forms proved to be more trouble to convert that build from scratch; many of these had legacy Oracle6 architecture and Forms Version 2 triggers.

I could provide more details by e-mail, if it would help. Michael B. Openshaw