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Marqs
Marqs

Reputation: 17910

Android application - cost estimation

I am developing Android application for the company. They want me to create digital newspaper that would:

They already have the web-service almost adopted for this app. This app will be quite similar to: TechnologyReview or CNET News (but the article will be larger)

I have estimated this project for 160 hours of development. That doesn't include design but includes design implementation.

I would love to hear your opinion on this estimate. Do you think 160h is too short or too long? How much I should charge for this project or 1 hour of development(more or less of course)? I am living in London, UK

I need this estimation by the end of today so I will be really grateful for fast replies.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4001

Answers (2)

Tim Capes
Tim Capes

Reputation: 655

The way to do estimates is to break down the project into each component and estimate each of those. Trying to ballpark one number is inevitably worse than ballparking a breakdown. This also helps you get better on each estimate in the future because you know which estimates made sense and which were wrong.

Upvotes: 2

Brian
Brian

Reputation: 21

If you have a similar project, or some similar code files you can bunch together into a folder, you can simply run ProjectCodeMeter over it and get a ballpark cost estimation that will point you in the right direction.

Good luck!

Upvotes: 2

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