CostEstimate

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I recently had to come up with an off-the-cuff estimate for how much a 300-person system would cost to put in. I got at least the right order of magnitude, but it's surprising how many associated costs slip your mind under pressure.

  • Hardware
    • Servers
    • Racks
    • Cabling
    • Network connection
    • Backup costs
  • Software
    • Licences for software
    • Licences for required other software (databases etc.)
    • Manpower required to install new software
  • Support
    • Annual maintenance for both h/w and s/w
    • Other support costs
    • Possible additional support staff
  • Training
    • Backfill (cost of fill-in staff while people are being trained)
    • Training facilities
    • Possible cost of developing training course
    • Trainer
  • Consultancy
    • Analysts (to examine problem)
    • Designers (to design a solution)
    • Developers (to implement design)
    • Testers (to make sure everything works)
    • Project management (to make sure everyone else cooperates)
    • Other