Standard Level of Effort for Universe design/development and Crystal Report

Can any one please advise the standard level of effort to design and develop (excluding detailed testing) a Crystal report of
a) Low Complexity = __hrs
b) Medium Complexity = ___hrs
c) High Complexity = _________hrs
Also the LoE for designing and builduing a universe(exluding detailed testing)
a) Low Complexity = ___hrs
b) Medium Complexity = ___hrs
c) High Complexity = ____hrs
Thank you in advance.

Hi
It depends on the person experience and expertise on the tool also it depends on understanding of business logic behind the report generation. A person, who is having intermediate knowledge he can develop report with below time lines.
a) Low Complexity = 2hrs
b) Medium Complexity = 4_hrs
c) High Complexity = ____8_____hrs
Also the LoE for designing and builduing a universe(exluding detailed testing)
a) Low Complexity = __2_hrs
b) Medium Complexity = 5_hrs
c) High Complexity = __10__hrs
The above are tentetive work hours, again it depends on the logic and complexity of the design.
Thanks,
Sastry

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