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Subject:Hours of Labor per work day. From:Michael Egan <Michael -dot- Egan -at- DACG -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 28 Apr 1999 08:47:27 -0500
At the company where I work, the planning project officer could calculate
the number of hours a project would take. The director wanted to find out
the number of workdays required.
The obvious solution would be to divide by 8. But is that realistic? Are
there any studies that suggest otherwise. Or even an industry standard?
The planning officer added up typical meetings, required readings, etc.
and came up with 6.5 to 7 hours of work per day.
