Re: how long does "fixing" a document take

[Writers Book Mall <steve -at- writersbookmall -dot- com>]

As you suspect, the answer truly is "it depends" - but
that isn't to say that it's up in the air, at least
over the long term. Starting now, track each of your
projects, noting how long it took you to do them and
what circumstances made one job go fast and another
slow. After a short while, you will have precise
statistical evidence of *your* pace doing the work you
do in *your* organization, with all the variables of
included. You will then be able to produce rapid,
accurate estimates of how long future projects will
take. If you have multiple members of your team, you
can track individually by writer.

--- Carrie Baker <carriebak -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> I am sure that this is a question where the answer
> is "it depends",
> but I would like to get a sort of estimate to see if
> I am in the
> correct direction.
> A programmer for whom English is not their mother
> tongue, wrote an
> internal document explaining to sales staff how to
> demonstrate a
> complex application. (it is not a user guide, but
> more in the
> application note direction).
> The document is around 31 pages long and covers over
> 20 screens some
> of which are divided into additional panes etc.
> I was asked to edit this.
> Apart from editing, I am running the data he used,
> with the
> application to make sure no steps are missed out.
> 
> All in all, I am fixing the English, adding
> formatting, (headings,
> numbers whatever is required), and making sure the
> whole thing makes
> sense and works.
> 
> This seems to be taking me a long time. How long do
> you think
> something like this should take??
> -- 
> Carrie Baker
> carriebak -at- gmail -dot- com

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