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Subject:Re: New TECHWR-L Poll Question - Ratios From:"Lisa M. Bronson" <lisa -at- techwr-l -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:29:42 -0700 (MST)
> One ratio I do bother to track is # of active projects per writer. Big
> or small, too many projects results in confusion and lower quality
> deliverables in the end.
After talking with a co-worker, I have another dimension to add to this
discussion--project complexity.
Take the contstruction industry as an example, and compare the demands of
working for Company A vs. Company B. Company A produces trowels, which
have variations like point shapes and types of wood used for handles, and
which require a single page of instructions each. Company B produces
cranes, which require multiple pages for each system, from the engine to the hoist to the wheels or tracks, and everything in between. A writer could handle writing/maintaining documentation about many more trowel projects than crane projects simultaneously!
Of couse, an investigation of good content management systems would likely
be beneficial in either case. :)
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