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How to add a new developer to the team

I run a small company composed of only 2 developers. We are building a very big application for one of our clients. Development on this project has gone on for 1.5 years.

Metrics / Methodology for estimating resource utilization for software in planning stage

I’m looking for approaches to estimate the resource utilization of an (web-)application in a JEE environment. The overall target is to get a forecast for hardware/software requirements while the application is still under development or even in planning stage.
Is this task too complex (many different factors) to get a fairly reliable proposition without spending too much time?

How long to spend estimating programming tasks?

For example, if I break a project into n discrete work products (say classes or functions or components) is there a time t such that n*t is a suitable amount of time to spend on estimation?

Estimation Techniques for Linux Kernel Development

I am working in Linux Kernel area and my work includes:
code study / Understanding
Porting (say from one kernel version to another kernel version)
Implementation of new kernel module / Device driver

Using Completed User Stories to Estimate Future User Stories

In Scrum/Agile, the complexity of a user story can be estimated in story points. After completing some user stories, a programmer or team of programmers can use those experiences to better estimate how much time it might take to complete a future user story.