Re: LOC estimates for Ada Command and Control projects

[ads.com!saturn!bhanafee@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Hanafee)]

In article <1234@tfsg.UUCP> dennis@tfsg.UUCP (Dennis Gibbs) writes:
>We are trying to produce coding estimates for our project and we would
>like to solicit input to get an  estimate for the number  of lines  of
>code (LOC) per day per developer.

>Our definition  of LOC per day  is code  that is  developed, debugged,
>tested, and documented.

>The project in question is a small Command and Control project with an
>estimated total code size of 50,000 lines.

>[description  of project deleted]

>Just to throw out a figure, our current  estimate is  around 20-25 LOC
>per day on average, but other examples would help us determine if this
>is a good or bad estimate.

>[...]

>Dennis Gibbs
>...uunet!tfsg!dennis

Ask yourself if one developer working full time for 12-15 months could
complete the project: developed, debugged, tested, and documented.
How about two developers for 6-8 months?  If you can't answer those
questions, or if you think the answer might be no, then your estimate
is going to get you in trouble.  Also ask yourself what "develop"
means.  Is the design completed already?

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