software-cost-estimator
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Estimate developer cost and effort for a set of use cases, functional and non-functional requirements on a given technology stack. Produces an architecture plan, a role-resolved man-hour estimate with P50/P85/P95 ranges, a side-by-side comparison of four delivery modes (human only, human + AI, AI-steered human-supervised, agentic HITL), and a business case with NPV/ROI/payback/TCO and a must-should-could scope ladder. Use when the user asks "how much would this cost to build", "estimate this project", "how many man-days", "make an offer/quote", "what would it cost with AI vs without", "build a business case for this feature", or wants to size a backlog, an RFP response, or a change request.
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