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How to determine that my project/program is big/complex.?

Jan 22nd, 2008 02:21
dman, Praveen sehrawat, Prasanth Jose, http://sturly.com

It is the most apparent question that arises in the mind of a shrewd 
person who intends to initiate designing or development of a web-
project.  As the saying goes, “Well begun is half the job done”. This 
is hundred percent applicable for triumphant execution of web projects 
as well. Web projects are a culmination of technical and logical 
process need a flawless planning and analysis prior to this “well 
begun” status. In fact pre-analysis of the whole process, lays a sound 
foundation for development of web project.  
Analysis of facts is what helps one decide on the key nature of a web 
project. This in-depth analysis of web project plays a crucial role in 
its designing and development. Firstly capturing the complexity level 
of web project is very important as it determines the entire process 
and greatly influences the outcome as well. There are a few decisive 
points which can be helpful in determining the complexity level of a 
web project like:
• Deciding on fundamental 5Ws like what, who, where, when and why of 
the prospective web project. Answers of these questions provide a 
layout to closely conjecture about complexity or size of web project. 
• After these 5Ws, one has to work out on 1H; How. This is going to 
hint about the breach between prerequisites of your web project and 
the resources available with you. 
• Timeline is what can make a complex project simpler or simple 
project a complex one. The available time limit is a clear indication 
of how complex it is to accomplish this web project within stipulated 
time limit.   
• Creating a visual map also helps to capture the exact points where 
the complexity may crop up, most. This is just like going through an 
imaginary process and catching the hot points of project’s 
complexity.     
• Requirement of security and privacy of web project, during the 
process of web project and after the completion of process, are also 
major determines of the project’s complexity.   
                                                 Author :- Puja Gupta