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Re: Estimation of Timelines for Documentation Projects
Subject:Re: Estimation of Timelines for Documentation Projects From:Sean Wheller <seanwhe -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 6 Oct 2003 04:57:26 -0700 (PDT)
--- Vlad Dracul <vladvampiredracul -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
> If such experience is not available, how can
> one come up with a
> reliable estimate? Are there any resources on
> estimation of timelines for
> documentation projects?
>
Vlad,
One page is around 4-5 hours, full cycle. Where a
cycle includes: research/planning, outline,
draft1,2,3, production.
This is a very simplistic view and will vary depending
on your environment and the information base available
to you when you start the project. The complicated
version is documented in some books, I seem to
remember reading one of the Dr. Joanne Hackos books, I
think it was Managing your Documentation. Dr. Hackos,
has a pretty accurate algorithm for this.
Hope this helps,
Sean Wheller
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