Project management using estimates.

[romalagajini]

Hello.

I'm thinking of going into business for myself and I want to bill my company's software development services based on the man(or woman!)-hours used to complete each SDLC activity (Design, Programming, Unit Testing, etc..) within a project's individual tasks.

Does anyone know of software that integrates:
1. Introduction of effort estimates for SDLC activities on project tasks

2. Costing for each individual SDLC activity (e.g. Unit Testing costs $100/hour, programming $80/hour) in general and at the project and/or task level

3. Timesheet functionality that allows the company to track billable and non-billable time attributed to the estimated SDLC activities

I know that you might be able to use Microsoft Project or other similar software for some of this, but I'm not sure that those types of programs are the solution for me.

[ethan1066]

in today's world estimating program would greatly help a company to enhance their business and for their growth..i am also using one job costing software that have helped me alot for the effective business management and the on time project completion and also in the cost control..i would recommend you the contractor business solution north west ..for expertise in providing these solutions..look their for your requirement....

[alenbillo2346]

Despite its importance in estimating, very few organizations have a database of project experience. Instead, experience on a project is in the heads of project team members and is not easy for the manager of the next project to access. Indeed, very few organizations keep reliable figures on the actual hours taken in project development. As automated process management tools become more widely used, it becomes less expensive and easier to use past project history.Using experience to size a project from the top down has value because it can be done early in the project when only general knowledge about the physical design is available. Function point counting, however, is based on physical information about files, inputs, and outputs

[barrybert]

I suggest that you can try Documents feature of SugarCRM first.