Re: documentation plans - allocating time

Subject: Re: documentation plans - allocating time
From: John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 07:06:25 -0800 (PST)


Eilleen...not all manuals are created the same. Is your manual 100
pages? 5,000 pages?

It is on using a Note-pad like application or are you documenting a
400 server application?

> 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?
>


John Posada
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