Re: Time estimate for writing manual

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

David Locke wrote:
> The simple solution to being locked in is to do exactly 120 hours of
> manual
> content and then stop. Double your rate when they want more.
>

If they don't want to negotiate this issue, I will have to decide how to
proceed.


> Then, the next question is how long does it take to do one topic? An
> hour?
> Two hours? What kind of topics? What granularity. Deliver complete
> layers.
>

After I see the application in action, I can answer that. Not now.
> As for the two audiences in this project, I would have said two
> documents.

Without seeing the application in action, I cannot make any sort of
recommendation.


Bonnie Granat
www.GranatEdit.com





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