The only way you can estimate, consider, as well as implicate cost is if scheduling is maintained as well as accomplished correctly. You can't decide whether one feature is more cost effective than another except when you can know how long each shall take.
So why doesn’t everyone do project scheduling?
There is this general idea that it shall take longer on behalf of numerous small projects to whip up a schedule than it would to just do it. This is never true. In fact I would argue that even the smallest of projects estimated from a high level of a few hours should still be scheduled. That way you can retain TRACK as well as see the actual cost of whatever projects you do. If you don’t you shall have no way of proving or bringing visibility to the work you did.
If you do not record the time spent on a project as well as outline what the project represented it gets hard to tell your boss, co-workers, relatives, interviewer on behalf of that snazzy new job, or nagging wife what you have been doing all week, all month, or even on behalf of the past year.
Even when I do small tasks I write them down, as well as categorize them. So at any point in time I can tell anyone who is interested exactly what I have been working on, as well as (since I put these into SharePoint lists, outlook, excel documents, or ms project) I am able to generate reports on how much time I spend on IT tasks, QA support, analysis, or other important areas.
Don’t forget to highlight interesting, or important things you did.
This does more than just permit you to report how much work you do, why you might not have been able to hit a deadline, why you are working so much overtime, or why the amount of hair on your desk is greater than that on your head; It also provides you with a real way to measure your posses progress. This way you can tell if you are actually doing the things you like, see where your strengths lie, as well as provide real proof to management that your doing work either out of your job description (which means you deserve a raise) or that you would be better suited to a specific type of work.
The best part is that you shall have a listing of tons of things you have done on behalf of the company you work for. When performance reviews come up, or that better job posting appears wouldn’t you like to be able to just take a report as well as give it to your boss or interviewer as well as say these are the ways I have improved the company I work(ed) for.
Think about it,

Richard