[thelist] How do you estimate time for any given project?

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actually I'd like to know also if you wouldn't mind 
posting some info on the list... 

--- scott wolpow <scott at netalytical.com> wrote:
I am finishing a massive online inventory system. Contact me off list.
Scott at publiccto.com

At 04:38 PM 08/29/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>This question has once again passed through my office: How do you 
estimate
>time for any given project? I would like to siphon your thoughts, 
ideas, or
>other methods you use to get an estimate.
>
>For example, I was tasked just recently to demo the possibility of a 
Web
>Based Inventory Management System. Some of you where involved with 
this
>(i.e. "Item A Item A Item A")
>
>I managed to churn out the demo in about 3 days (12 actual work 
hours). I
>was asked to write up a proposal to convert the real live thing to a 
working
>secure scalable model for future interactions. I quoted around 100 man

hours
>with the help of one other colleague.
>
>The catch is I've never really done anything like this, so I have no 
clue
>about how much to estimate.
>
>TIA,
>
>Rob.Smith

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