I am managing mainframe development projects and I am trying to determine the generally accepted percentages of total project effort per life cycle phase (i.e. Analysis 15%, Design 20%, etc.). Do you have any references/articles I can check out? Saving Changes...
Michael WoodProject Manager / Business Analyst / Business Process Improvement Guru| Independent ContractorGig Harbor, Wa, United States
Hi Lynette, In my experience the percentages are very dependent on the methods and tools being used. As a general rule of thumb however I have found the following percentages to hold pretty true:
Discovery = 5% Requirements = 20% Design = 40% Construction = 30% Unknown issues and complications = 5% Saving Changes...
