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Software Project Management: - School of Design, Engineering, and ...

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Back to the point..• Average flat-pack wall cupboard has about 40 bits <strong>of</strong>which 4 (the hinges) are subsystems with another 12 (orso) bits. Some <strong>of</strong> these bits interact (hinges have to fitholes in doors) but mostly only with only 1 or 2 other bits.• (Arbitrary) Complexity factor : 500• Your average car has about 2,000 components <strong>of</strong> whichseveral are subsystems - some with many bits.Interactions are more complex. (Ignoring the s<strong>of</strong>tware fornow, that’s another story)• (Arbitrary) Complexity factor : 100,000• Your typical house has around 20,000 components butinteractions are simple• (Arbitrary) Complexity factor : 50,000SSRC: <strong>S<strong>of</strong>tware</strong> Systems Research Centre<strong>S<strong>of</strong>tware</strong> <strong>Project</strong> <strong>Management</strong>

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