You work at a regional health care center and have been asked to calculate the expected cost for a software project in

your organization. You know that historically your programmers can handle $5$ function points each person$-$month $(5$

FP person$-$month$)$ and that the cost per programmer in your company is $$5,500$ per month. The project whose costs

you are estimating is based on the following requirements and the complexity weighting for these functions follows a

standard internal formula, with the following parameters:

The complexity weighting for these functions follows a standard internal formula, with the following parameters:

a$.$ Calculate the total estimated number of function points for this project $($use the table below$).$

b$.$ Calculate the total expected cost of the project.

c$.$ How long will it take to complete the project?

d$.$ Does it make sense to hire a second $($or third$)$ software engineer? Under which circumstances?

Complexity Weighting$*$I think i know how to do parts a and b$,$ but need help with part D

$1.$ You work at a regional health care center and have been asked to calculate the expected cost for a software project in

your organization. You know that historically your programmers can handle $5$ function points each person$-$month $(5$

FP person$-$month$)$ and that the cost per programmer in your company is $$5,500$ per month. The project whose costs

you are estimating is based on the following requirements and the complexity weighting for these functions follows a

standard internal formula, with the following parameters:

$2.$ Function Number of Screens Complexity

Input $5$ Low

Output $12$ Medium

Interfaces $4$ Medium

Queries $7$ Low

Files $28$ High

The complexity weighting for these functions follows a standard internal formula, with the following parameters:

Function

Complexity Weighting

Low Medium High

# of Inputs $346$

# of Outputs $457$

# of Interfaces $5710$

# of Queries $346$

# of Files $71015$

a$.$ Calculate the total estimated number of function points for this project $($use the table below$).$

b$.$ Calculate the total expected cost of the project.

c$.$ How long will it take to complete the project?

d$.$ Does it make sense to hire a second $($or third$)$ software engineer? Under which circumstances?