Re: Quoting a user manual

[Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

The way most companies make decisions, by the time they consider 
whatever estimate you give them and actually hire you, you'll be lucky 
if you still have two weeks to get the job done.

Estimate 14 days x 16 hours/day = 224 hours @ your hourly rate.

(Note that this is similar to the hours you would have estimated if 
they'd given you /six/ weeks and you didn't have to work much OT; at an 
appropriate time you can try to educate them about bringing a writer in 
sooner).

Then provide them with your "ideal world" wish list for source material 
and SME support and tell them the more of it they give you and the 
quicker they give it to you when you ask for it, the better the chances 
that you'll be able to deliver the project for less than your estimate.

Gene Kim-Eng



On 10/5/2017 2:20 PM, Chris Morton wrote: