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Software development?
This is a general question that should be answered by people with a background in application software development. I am just wondering on average how many people are need to developed a pretty in-depth software application that is tied to a database. I am asking this because I am wondering if a company wanted to build a application like WebMD the medical clearing side not the website. This means accepting claims from hospitals/clinics going threw each claim put them into the correct 837 format for the corresponding insurance payer then push then forward to the appropriate payer. Also have custom reports that show what/where/when the claims went out. Also this would also involve connection to about 1200 insurance payers. So this would involve a database, automated software applications and plenty of services that do FTP automatically. I am just looking for any input on the number of programmers/networking people need to develop this kind of IT. My guess is at least 20 what’s yours?
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- I think the best way to approach a software solution to the above mentioned is seperate the different areas of your software. Database access, the logic of the program, and the presentation. The number of programmers you would need depends on how quickly you want the program written. I would say create 3 groups of programmers. One for each module of code ( Database, logic, presentation) all working together of course. I would say 5 to 6 programmers per team. Total of 15 to 18 programmers.
- 5-10 will give you the biggest bang for the buck. After that, each person that you add to the project will give you less in return. For example try to answer this question. If 1 person can dig a 3 foot wide and 3 feet deep hole in 1 hour, how long will it take to dig the same hole if 3 people were doing the digging? How about if 10 people were digging? How about if 20 people were digging? Having a smaller group of very talented and productive people is you most economical solution. You will want to simultaneously have the (a separate) support staff involved so when the project goes live, they are ready to support it.
- depends upon which programming language u use if c++/java 20 if c# 15 in round figure
