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software engineering question
Category: Computers Asked by: baba85-ga List Price: $2.00 |
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04 Sep 2006 17:36 PDT
Expires: 04 Oct 2006 17:36 PDT Question ID: 762234 |
1. You are the project manager for a software development project, whose estimated cost through delivery is $425,000. How much should you budget for maintenance? What is the basis for your answer? |
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Re: software engineering question
From: rainboi-ga on 05 Sep 2006 06:15 PDT |
Some questions for you. 1. Define maintenance in your case. Does it mean support? Updates? Repair? 2. What is the scale of your software? An Operating System? A small program? |
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Re: software engineering question
From: pegasusplus-ga on 06 Sep 2006 20:45 PDT |
As you do not give some details of the project, the general estimation of maintenance fee might be half of the delivery. It includes support, bug fix. |
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Re: software engineering question
From: frankcorrao-ga on 07 Sep 2006 15:05 PDT |
I would also want to know over what period of time are we talking about? Indefinate? |
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Re: software engineering question
From: uberlance-ga on 08 Sep 2006 10:09 PDT |
Based on your wording, I am assuming that the "delivery price" is $425,000. If this were a COTS product, that would be its price tag. If you were to follow the lead of most major software vendors, you should charge between 17-20% of the purchase price per year for maintenance, which would include software updates and technical support. For this product, I'd price it between $75,000 and $85,000. This assumes that the product is being updated on a regular basis with additional features being added and not just bug fixes. |
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Re: software engineering question
From: frodo2366-ga on 18 Sep 2006 21:05 PDT |
Is maintainace part of the delivery price? If so, be VERY conservative. No project at that price is turn-key. For that matter nor is any project at any price. From experience, make sure there is overlap in all phases of the project. |
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Re: software engineering question
From: politicalguru-ga on 19 Sep 2006 06:12 PDT |
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Re: software engineering question
From: peanut_power-ga on 25 Sep 2006 06:49 PDT |
$1,700,000 based on pareto logic and the fact that work expands to fill the time allocated for it. |
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