Estimating Size of Software Package Implementations: Using Package Points -- Part I

by Atul Chaturvedi, Ram Prasad Vadde, Rajeev Ranjan, Mani Munikrishnan

This two-part Executive Update series describes a methodology that has been used successfully to estimate the size of a package implementation project. Part I discusses package-sizing measures, factors that influence package implementation, and a sizing methodology. Part II will discuss the input required and the statistical model used to calculate package points.