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Re: standard time estimates for documentation projects
Subject:Re: standard time estimates for documentation projects From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 9 Apr 2002 07:03:21 -0700 (PDT)
It still holds true because it is easy to define and satisfies upper
management that something is being done.
However, it is no less accurate now than the day it was invented.
--- Lorraine Chapman <lchapman -at- truecontext -dot- com> wrote:
>
> I am looking for the "best practices" or "standards" that are used
> when
> estimating a writer's time for a documentation project. I seem to
> recall
> that most managers used the
> x# of pages/day/writer rule. Does this still hold true?
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