Quantify effort of implementation from FNS and states

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A project focused on tools and best practices to supported federated data collection efforts

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Quantify effort of implementation from FNS and states #157

Closed juliaklindpaintner closed 5 years ago

juliaklindpaintner commented 5 years ago

[x] Ask FNS to estimate the time they've put in to this process
[x] Ask Montana and Kansas to track the time they are putting into this
[x] Get answer from FNS
[x] Get answer from KS
[x] Get answer from MT

juliaklindpaintner commented 5 years ago

KS estimates a total of 170 hours of work to implement the tool, but thinks 120 hours would be reasonable if there were a developer dedicated exclusively to the project.

juliaklindpaintner commented 5 years ago

MT estimates a total of 6 hours spent so far — work is primarily done by vendor.

juliaklindpaintner commented 5 years ago

FNS says it's too hard to estimate, not clear what all should be included. They worked on the rules for almost 3 years before even starting their work with us. I framed it as: If you were talking to another program office trying to give them a sense of the resources it would require to take on a project like this, what would you say?