Efforts estimation of a project (software for garden design)

[LonArcvarden]

Hi, everyone! I pass a project management course. According to my homework, I need to estimate effort of project in person-hours or person-days. I don't have aneither programmers nor QA-engineers nor even BAs or PMs among my aquaintances/friends. That's why I hope for you))

I have follow exact tasks for this project:

1. Add 3D-models of all garden elements, including gazebos, stones, benches, mini-waterfalls, fences, gates. I need just average time for one element
a) Find in the Internet and download those, that are in the Internet.
b) Create 3D-models of those elements, which weren't found in the Internet (I need average time for one element)
c) Integrate each element into the software (I need average time for one element)

2. Add knowledge base about plants compatibility among themselve, including pesticides influence.
a) Download information about every plnant
b) Add information about every plant into the software

[princemeraj]

It depends how much detail you need in each element. Look at some landscape architecture template tools for a baseline of what is out there.

[ayawoalhassan]

For the 3D modeling, it really depends on the complexity of each element. Finding models online might take a few hours per item, but creating custom ones could take anywhere from 8 to 16 hours, depending on detail. Integrating them could take another 4-8 hours. For the plant knowledge base, gathering data could take around 2-4 hours per plant, depending on how much info you need. I’ve used blueberry-ai.com for organizing large projects, and it helped keep everything in check—could be useful for tracking your tasks.