What Coordination Overhead Costs a Software Company
How much is the coordination line on one feature?
With 20 coordination hours and 40 hours of vacuum effort at $150, the coordination line is $3,000 of that feature.
What does the whole feature cost?
Connascence degree 3 and interdependence 0.4, with those coordination hours, return 2.70x and $16,200 per feature.
What is the annual figure?
($16,200 minus $6,000) times 48 features is $489,600.
Which two inputs should I set first?
Set Coordination Overhead to 20 and Vacuum Effort to 40. Keep the other inputs from the worked example.
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