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Subject:Re: How long does it take you? From:Tom Tadfor Little <tlittle -at- LANL -dot- GOV> Date:Tue, 9 Jan 1996 11:32:04 -0700
|Hello gang
|I'm sure this has come up recently, but I didn't need the info then
|so I didn't pay much attention to it :-), but I need it now.
|How do you estimate how long it will take to complete a project? What
|criteria do you use? What are your benchmarks? I'd appreciate any
|responses, either personally or to the group if this hasn't been
|covered recently.
Estimating pages per hour for copy editing is covered in the coyediting-l
style FAQ at