Question: Estimation Exercise Naura Hyde Inc. is doing project Vinyl to develop a new slipcover measuring system. The project has been defined and a PBS has

Estimation Exercise Naura Hyde Inc. is doing
Estimation Exercise Naura Hyde Inc. is doing project Vinyl to develop a new slipcover measuring system. The project has been defined and a PBS has been developed. They have developed the following table of functions within system. Inputs Outputs Inquiries Files Interfaces 20 Low 10 Low 10 Low 20 Low 30 Avg 20 Avg 30 Avg 40 Avg 20 Avg 30 High 50 High 60 High Through their analysis of completed projects within their development organization, they have determined that they can complete 6 function points within a person-month. They have also determined the number of function points per function in the following Complexity Weighting Table. Element Inputs Outputs Inquiries File Interfaces Complexity Weighting Table Complexity Weighting Low Average 3 4 4 7 3 4 6 9 High 5 10 7 13 16 LD 11 They have 11 people available to work on the project. The accounting department tells them that on average a developer in their organization has a fully weighted cost of $9,000/month. They plan to do the project in JAVA. They believe that the capability of their programmers and analysts is higher than average and that they have higher than average team cohesion. Answer the following questions about project Vinyl. 1) How many function points are in the project? 2) How much work will the project require? 3) How long in calendar months should we expect the project to take? 4) How much do we estimate the project to cost

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