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Subject:Re: The Black Art of Estimation From:"George F. Hayhoe" <george -at- GHAYHOE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:29:34 -0400
Ben Kovitz asked for information on estimating a project.
The best source I know on that subject is JoAnn Hackos's
_Managing Your Documentation Projects_ (New York: Wiley,
1994). In addition to some industry average "hours per page"
metrics for various types of publications that you can use
to make ballpark estimates, she provides a detailed
explanation of how to do a more accurate estimate.
With this information, estimating a project is no longer a
black art.
