Schedule Estimation for Web Application Development

Abstract

The purpose of the project is to come up with a robust methodology for estimating hours for web application systems development. For the scope of the project, a web application system is an application which is accessed via a web browser and performs numerous tasks via web pages. The project will take a generalized approach for all web application systems. Estimating the level of effort to complete any application system is a hard task. Web application systems are no different from any other application system when it comes to estimating development time. The main reasons for difficulty in estimating hours are the dynamic nature of the business and the customer’s lack of requirements for the web application. This particular project will generate a robust methodology to provide an accurate estimate for web application system development. The project will dissect a web application and take into account all the other pieces that are integrated into a web application. Then a survey is taken by numerous experienced software engineers who will estimate implementation hours for each task. The average is generated for each task. This average will be used as a bench mark to calculate estimates for a given project. The final part of this project is the construction of a web application which determines estimates for other web applications. A user will have to know the requirements thoroughly and enter them into the estimation web application. Within a matter of seconds the estimating web application will calculate the estimate for the particular future web application.