Formula for Tech Writing Lead Time?

[Peter Gold]

Try searching the techwriters' list archives; in the past there have 
been discussions of different approaches to quantifying content production.

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>   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.
>