Re: estimating LOE

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I chunk based on requirements, feature by feature, and get more
detailed as the requirements become more detailed. It works to clarify
issues quite well...

Of course, this is for planning the general level of effort. The
specifics come as details are fleshed out, specs are written, and
decisions are made.

On 12/28/05, Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> Some great comments below!  Especially about the need
> to base estimating upon first properly "chunking"
> tasks into right-size [and approx equal-size]
> pieces!!!   Of course, the question now is how,
> especially for larger scale systems, does the TW go
> about doing the chunking?
>
> Hint: No to Forced, artifical chunking (i.e., chunking
> via outlining or "poor man" modeling techniques such
> as Use Cases).  Yes to logical, natural partitioning.

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