Glossary definition
Engineering days
An engineering day is an effort estimate equal to one specialist working for one standard day; it measures work, not necessarily calendar duration.
Engineering days, sometimes called person-days, measure how much work is required to perform a task. In our case, that task is usually a smart contract audit. One engineering day is equivalent to one person working for one day, or eight hours.
If one of our audits has a total allocation of six engineering days, it could mean that:
- one auditor works on the audit for six days
- two auditors work together for three days each