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surya.kalyan
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Hi all,
Is it possible to estimate the effort involved in an assembler change/development request?
Any article explaining the factors which may have to considered?
Any help in this regard will be appreciated.
I understand that it depends on experience, but a fair method to estimate is what I am looking for.
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Robert Sample
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Googling "programming time estimate" yields over 500,000 results.
Googling "function point" yields over 200,000 results.
Probably some assembler mentions in there. |
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surya.kalyan
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Thanks for your reply.
But, before posting I did that. I didnt find any useful links. |
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Bill O'Boyle
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Is this both Batch and CICS Assembler? Are you converting to a Mainframe HLL (such as COBOL) or is this a move to a completely different platform, using (for example) .Net and C++?
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surya.kalyan
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The system is already in place written in pure batch assembler. Doesnt even use any kind of database. It only uses files.
Any kind of migration of rewriting is not taking place. Its just that we may add new functionality to it based on business requirements.
Based on analysis of requirements and the various kinds of changes we may have to do in the code, do we have a opensource software estimation model basically to estimate the effort. |
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dick scherrer
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| Is it possible to estimate the effort involved in an assembler change/development request? |
Sometimes. . .
The more well known the requirement, the more experience with the same kind of assembler code (no it is surely not all the same) by those who are to do the work, as well as more than a beginner level of developer can help prepare a usable estimate.
If tasks like this are bid, they are quite often done as time & materials rather than a fixed-price bid.
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| do we have a opensource software estimation model basically to estimate the effort. |
Not that i'm aware of.
If this is a large undertaking, suggest your group work on a couple of trivial enhancements and a couple that are more significant. Learning from these may help estimate the overall requirement. Estimating in an unfamiliar environment is more art than science. |
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