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Subject:Hours Per Page From:Michael Johnson <michaelj -at- OECMED -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 10 Mar 1999 09:29:09 -0700
Greetings from a sunny Salt Lake City!
In Dr. JoAnn Hackos' book *Managing Your Documentation Projects* there is a
table of hypothetical metrics that gives hours per page for user guides,
reference manuals, hardware maintenance and repair, etc. I think the table
is just an example, but it sits in the middle of an excellent chapter that
tells how to make your own cost/time estimate based on previous projects.
If I remember right, the table is on page 170 or thereabouts.
Hope this helps.
Mike Johnson
michaelj -at- oecmed -dot- com
writer -at- softcom -dot- net
