[AccessD] Estimating Help

Here's the formula ...  patent pending, top secret, do not disclose 
on penality of taking away your PC and making you use a Mac plus 
watch Survior, Class Reunion and Joe Millionaire.


Hours per table = MF * NF * NR * EDF
Add all the hours per table to get total hours

MF = Mess factor (1 or greater)
          (How messy this junk is.
            Can you do a quick review and do batch corrects?
            Can you do some batch converts.
            Do you have to manually decipher multiple fields entered
             into one field and parse them to correct fields?)

NF = Number of fields you have to check.

NR = Number of rows you have to check.

EDF = Experimentally determined factor
            (Theoretically less than 1)

In practice it could take 1/2 day to weeks.  It depends.

I usually work with knowledgable users to analize, list the types
of problems, and figure out how to correct each one.

I rely on the users to do the manual deciphering/correcting (they know
the data a lot better than you ever will.)

You might try providing a sample table with list of problems to correct
and get group feedback on times.

However, since the monkeys won in our recent group joke contest
you might just tell the customer you'll have to work by the hour as
this kind of stuff can not be estimated.

          



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Barrows" <outbak at wi.rr.com>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 2:10 PM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Estimating Help


> OK, I think I have continued to confuse everyone.
> 
> All I want / need to know is if anyone has a formula for estimating time
> to clean the garbage out of the database tables.  The Archive question
> has already been taken care of.  I just want to know, for example, if
> you figure the rate at 1 hour per table, if you consider the number of
> records, the number of fields in each table, etc.
> 
> Ultimately, I am trying to 'start' enforcing required fields and
> referential integrity with an eye at porting out to SQL in the 'near'
> future.
> 
> Jeff Barrows
> Outbak Technologies, LLC
> Racine, WI
> Phone: (262) 634-0653
> Mailto: jeff_developer at hotmail.com
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