You are leading a team of developers at a small software company. The company has been building middleware for large organizations, but recently your CTO has suggested the company should consider developing off-the-shelf applications and providing these directly to customers.

To help assess the feasibility and viability of this idea, the CTO has asked your team to develop a small web-based application. It is the first time your team is building a web-based application and the CTO has asked you to adopt an iterative approach to developing the app. You have been given 6 weeks to create a proposal for developing the app, along with an initial prototype of the user interface.

You have had a few interviews and meetings with stakeholders and the team has suggested creating an online shopping list. The app will enable users to collect items they want to purchase as they browse the web, and check them off as they do so. Initially this functionality might seem basic, but your team and stakeholders have explained that there are opportunities to extend the functionality to connect with online retailers, share your list with friends or to track the price of items and alert the user to any special offers.

Question 1

CTO has asked your team to design 10 pages, 3 view designs, 2 color scheme and theme, 20 content pieces. Discuss the effort estimation method that is appropriate to use here. Explain your reasoning.

1. If you chose effort distribution model, consider build effort to be 30 days and provide a table of effort estimated for your project. Assuming a rate of 300$/day, calculate the cost estimate of your project.

2. If you chose effort estimation based on WBS, consider 130 man days effort and 300$/day rate to calculate the cost estimate of your project.

3. If you chose parametric modelling, use 2 days per page, 1 day per view design, 2 days per color scheme and theme, and 2 days per content piece. Assuming a rate of 300$/day, calculate the cost estimate of your project.