Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!rayssd!raybed2!sbc From: sbc@raybed2.msd.ray.com (SHELLY CAVALLARO) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Cost Estimating Relational DBMS Development Keywords: Relational,DBMS,Estimating,Cost Message-ID: <1824@raybed2.msd.ray.com> Date: 11 Oct 90 22:28:43 GMT Organization: Raytheon Co., Tewksbury, Mass. Lines: 9 We are in search of a viable method of estimating relational database development. In particular, we are trying to determine what metrics or countable entities/properties are meaningful to track in order to better bid future jobs. If anyone has attacked this problem successfully, or even taken a stab...we would be most anxious to learn of your progress. Shelly Cavallaro Raytheon Company