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Subject:Estimating From:Glenn Crumpley <gcrumpley -at- VNET -dot- IBM -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 15 Dec 1994 13:10:51 EST
Has anyone had any experience with estimating the size of a documentation
project based on counting the elements in the user interface? For example,
each input field=x hours, each menu item=x hours, etc. I've been thinking
of trying this on some future project.