Describe Labour Cost
The information technology shop of Glob us Enterprises is developing software to control the manufacturing processes of a chemical plant. As part of the systems integration effort, one team of software testers in given responsibility to conduct twenty tests on software components that control separation of feedstock into different chemical products. Experience shows that this testing effort can be carried out in different in amounts of time, depending on how many testers are employed on it, as shown in the following table:
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Number of Testers
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Employed Effort
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Duration of Testing
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3 testers
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14 days
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4 testers
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10 days
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5 tester
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9 days
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6 tester
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8 days
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The cost of Glob us of employing a tester averages out to $220 a day. If Globus's goal is to minimize labor costs, how many testers should they use to carry out the testing effort? Explain your rationale.