documentation plans - allocating time

["Neumann, Eileen" <ENeuman -at- franklintempleton -dot- ca>]

Hello technical writers,

I am writing a documentation plan and am trying to determine roughly how much time to allocate to what task. I have six weeks to produce a manual. 

Could someone share how much time you typically allocate for the following tasks-writing an outline, research and writing, sign off process, indexing and formatting?

My manuals are written in word and will be outputted to PDF. 

I am only looking for a rough idea, e.g., half the time for writing and research. 

Thanks for any insight you can provide!

Eileen Neumann
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