Re: Size of Workgroups

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In article <1992Jul8.144137.25653_at_schaefer.math.wisc.edu>, 
horn_at_schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Jeffrey Horn) writes:



|>Assume that you have some powerful database system (ingres, oracle, sybase,


|>informix, etc.) and developement tools ( 4gls, compilers, debuggers, 

|>desktop publishing, etc.).  Assume also that you have 1 month to do the

|>project.  You know nothing more, you will have to do interviews to get more

|>information on exactly what is needed.  The project is to have complete

|>on-line and printed documentation.  At the outset, how many analysts,

|>programmers, technical writers, managers, etc. would you put in charge of

|>a project like this.  How would you break the work down and how much time

|>for each person would you allocate to each chunk.


I think making the duration of the project only one month makes the scenario
unrealistic.  The brief description of requirements coupled with the constraint
of finishing in 20 working days sounded to me like one programmer with a decent
database and 4GL could easily handle the job in a month, making analysts, 
technical writers, managers and the rest just so much excess baggage.

On the other hand, if there is more to this you really can't do any kind of 
estimate until there is a more precise description of the requirements (how
big, what kinds of reports, what kind of data entry, what platform(s), etc.).

Regards,
Dave Wahl
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