System, method, and computer program product for effort estimation
View Patent ↗A system and method for establishing an estimate for proposals and other customer requests which precludes an extensive up front investment in expert opinion and design. This is accomplished by applying a pattern-based technique toward rough application effort sizing called herein “Web Based Macro Patterns.”
1. A method for effort estimation comprising:
creating at least one use case;
classifying each use case according to a set of macro patterns stored in a data processing system;
counting the number of times each macro pattern is applied;
multiplying the number of times each macro pattern is applied by a metric corresponding to that macro pattern, to produce a set of macro pattern products; and
summing the macro pattern products in a data processing system to determine an effort estimate, and storing the effort estimate in a data processing system database.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the effort estimate represents a development and unit testing estimate.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the use case includes a user request to view data.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the use case includes a user request to modify data.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metric corresponding to a macro pattern reflect the effort hours required to complete the macro pattern.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is implemented using a JAVA programming language.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving user input over a data processing system network.
8. A data processing system having at least a processor and accessible memory, comprising:
means for creating at least one use case;
means for classifying each use case according to a set of macro patterns;
means for counting the number of times each macro pattern is applied;
means for multiplying the number of times each macro pattern is applied by a metric corresponding to that macro pattern, to produce a set of macro pattern products; and
means for summing the macro pattern product to determine an effort estimate and storing the effort estimate in the memory.
9. The data processing system of claim 8 , wherein the effort estimate represents a development and unit testing estimate.
10. The data processing system of claim 8 , wherein the use case includes a user request to view data.
11. The data processing system of claim 8 , wherein the use case includes a user request to modify data.
12. The data processing system of claim 8 , wherein the metric corresponding to a macro pattern reflect the effort hours required to complete the macro pattern.
13. The data processing system of claim 8 , wherein the data processing system interprets a JAVA programming language.
14. The data processing system of claim 8 , further comprising means for receiving user input over a data processing system network.
15. A computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer-readable medium, comprising:
instructions for creating at least one use case;
instructions for classifying each use case according to a set of macro patterns;
instructions for counting the number of times each macro pattern is applied;
instructions for multiplying the number of times each macro pattern is applied by a metric corresponding to that macro pattern, to produce a set of macro pattern products; and
instructions for summing the macro pattern product to determine an effort estimate and storing the effort estimate in a data processing system database.
16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the effort estimate represents a development and unit testing estimate.
17. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the use case includes a user request to view data.
18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the use case includes a user request to modify data.
19. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the metric corresponding to a macro pattern reflect the effort hours required to complete the macro pattern.
20. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the computer program product is stored in a JAVA programming language.
21. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprising instructions for receiving user input over a data processing system network.