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Subject: Re: paying by the word
From: Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:57:33 -0700

Patterson, Jan wrote:

Ned asks "What's a function point?"

Quoted from Wikipedia: "Function points are an ISO recognized software
metric to size an information system based on the functionality that is
perceived by the user of the information system, independent of the
technology used to implement the information system."

Function points are something that can be considered when estimating the
size of a software development project in order to estimate number of
hours/resources. There's more info in Wikipedia if you want to check it
out.
Thanks, Jan.

I think I see why FP Analysis was useful as a sort of Black Box meets Use Case analysis. I can see it as a platform for planning end user documentation, and with refinement maybe even as a framework for collecting tech writing productivity metrics. That is to say, FP's focus on user functional requirements and UI design would be welcomed groundwork on any End User doc project I can think of at the moment. I don't really see how a pay schedule or work schedule based on FP would work--one wants a standard to measure work against, but what standard is there when topics and functions are whatever size they need to be?

Ned Bedinger
doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com

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