Pricing Documentation and Estimating Timeline

["Kathleen Jay" <kathleen_jay -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

Good Day All:
I work as a Technical Trainer and Technical Writer for a software 
development company and have been leaning more towards the training end of 
things leaving my documentation role as a second priority.

I am in the process of pricing documentation and training for an I have the 
training part no problem, but I am having a great deal of difficulty pricing 
out the documentation role, in particular, the timeline.

I am hoping someone on the list may have some advice or resources to offer 
for both the average hourly rate tech. writers are billed out at (not what 
they are paid) and also some resources/advice on estimating the timeline on 
documentation.

I realize this is a very difficult task knowing nothing about the 
project.  What I can provide is the following:

- Estimated Development Time: 9-11 months
- A user's manual is required to accompany the product.
- A training manual will also be prepared by the tech writer in conjunction 
with the trainer.

Any advice or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Kathleen Jay


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