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Subject:Estimating From:Alexander Von_obert <avobert -at- TWH -dot- MSN -dot- SUB -dot- ORG> Date:Sat, 15 Jun 1996 16:27:01 +0100
Hello Kim,
* Antwort auf eine Nachricht von Kim Keegan an All am 11.06.96
KK> Does anyone know of a standard allocation of time required for
KK> software
KK> documentation in terms of the total
KK> project hours? (ie. a percentage)
depending on how much the technical writers are involved in the developing
process, we discussed here in TECHWR-L about an 1:3 ... 1:10 ratio between
writers and programmers.
The lower ratio allows the writer to think about usability issues of the user
interface and so on. The 1:10 ratio means the writers simply take what they
get and try to sell some bugs as features :-)
Greetings from Germany,
Alexander
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