Development of a Dynamic Cost Estimation Platform for Gaming Software Projects

The client faces difficulties in quickly and accurately estimating the costs associated with gaming software development projects, resulting in unpredictable budgeting, delayed project planning, and potential resource misallocations. This hampers the ability to provide clients with rapid quotes and impacts overall project profitability.

A mid-sized gaming software development firm seeking to streamline project scoping and resource planning through a customizable cost estimation tool.

• Enable rapid and accurate generation of project cost estimates through an interactive, user-friendly interface.
• Reduce initial project scoping time from multiple days to under 30 minutes.
• Increase estimation accuracy to within a 10% margin of actual project costs.
• Automate the collection and incorporation of project scope details to improve consistency and transparency.
• Support scalable estimations for projects of varying sizes and complexities, from small prototypes to large-scale game titles.

• Interactive 5-question form interface guiding users to define project scope, platforms, technology stacks, and resource needs.
• Automated calculation engine that processes user inputs to generate detailed cost estimates, including development, art, testing, and deployment costs.
• Ability to adjust parameters dynamically and view real-time updates of estimated costs.
• Data validation to ensure accurate input collection and consistency across estimates.
• Export functionality for detailed reports and client presentations.
• Admin dashboard for configuring estimation parameters, updating cost metrics, and managing user access.

• Integration with internal project management and resource planning systems
• Financial systems for budget validation
• Analytics tools for usage tracking and optimization

• System must support at least 500 concurrent users with minimal latency.
• Calculation responses should be generated within 2 seconds for a smooth user experience.
• Data encryption and security compliance per industry standards.
• Flexible architecture to accommodate future feature enhancements and increased user load.

The new cost estimation platform is expected to significantly reduce project scoping time from days to less than 30 minutes, improve estimation accuracy to within 10%, and enable the organization to streamline client onboarding and project planning processes, ultimately increasing project throughput and profitability.