Formula for Tech Writing Lead Time?

[Courtney Collins]

  Is anyone aware of a formula for how many words/pages a Tech Writer can produce in a given period of time? I am being asked to take on additional manuals and upper management wants some numbers to justify additional head count that will be needed. I can probably come up with an estimate based on what we produce today, but I was wondering if some kind of standard already exists.
   
  Thank you
  Courtney Collins
  Tech Pubs Supervisor
  Patient Monitoring Division
  Datascope Corp.
  201.995.8353
  courtney_collins at datascope.com

 		
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