Re: How to identify a website's scale?

Did he mean the total cost of the project or a cost per time?

If he meant total cost, this quote really makes no sense to me.

Putnam's SLIM has been in use since 1978 with an exceptionally good record for
accuracy (consistent with the quality of input provided).

Lawrence H. Putnam based his Software Lifecycle Model (SLIM) on the
Norden-Rayleigh curve plus empirical results from 50 U.S. Army projects.
Putnam's data indicates that the development staffing rises smoothly during
the project and then drops sharply during acceptance testing. Putnam models
this shape using the first part of the Norden-Rayleigh curve and uses this
fact to relate the area under the curve (which corresponds to the development
effort) to the curve's parameters. Putnam's other empirical results are
expressed as two equations describing relations between the development effort
and the schedule. The first equation, called the "software equation," states
that development effort is proportional to the cube of the size and inversely
proportional to the fourth power of the development time. Solving these two
coupled equations gives the basic predictive equations used in the commercial
SLIM? tool. (SLIM is a registered trademark of Quantitative Software
Management, Inc.).

Since its original release 15 years ago, SLIM has continually improved and now
reflects data from over 4,000 completed projects representing a wide range of
applications types. Many SLIM users report great success in estimating cost
and schedule for software projects.