On Estimation…

Posted by mkhairul - August 4, 2008 at 11:08:31 am - No Comments

Categories: Development, Notes, Tips, blog

Here’s an entry on the wiki on Estimation. Since we got a few new guys (some are trainee), I thought it might help them. Below is an example of an estimation writeup.

What is Online Trial Exam Form?

A small application to allow users to register (to participate in an online trial exam) and the admin to process the registrants.

Important: If asked to give an estimate on the spot, please, tell them you’ll comeback later. Take at least 1-2 hours in breaking down tasks and estimation.

The user (we will use the term admin here, the person who request the application) requires the following function (user requirements) :

• The user (potential students) can enter in their information to participate in a trial exam.
  • Get the fields required. Ask which field is mandatory and why if it is not obvious (one of the obvious field is email, of course email is mandatory or else how do the system inform the user how to participate in the trial exam). 30 minutes.
    
  • Each registration have a time-frame. i.e. Each day starts from 5am to 5pm. If a user registers on 30th August 2008 @ 5.01pm, it will count as the user registers on 31st August 2008.1 hour
    
• The admin can view list of dates (or we can call a time-frame, as each day starts from 5am to 5pm, beyond that will spill into the following day’s date) and total of registration for each date.30 minutes
  
• The admin can view list of students in a given date. 30 minutes
  
• The admin can process a given date.
  • The system will iterate through list of registrant and send an email containing the details required to use the online examination system. 1 hour
    
  • The admin can reprocess a given date (skips users who have been processed). 30 minutes
    

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