Formula for Tech Writing Lead Time?

[Brian Weis]

Is that something along the lines of:

How many words could a tech writer write if a tech writer could write words?

Now my head hurts.

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B



On 10/5/06, Merry Foxworth <merryfoxworth at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Reminds me of a Dilbert cartoon several years ago
> about measuring the productivity of tech writers.
>
> Merry Foxworth
>
> --- Courtney Collins <courtney_shay_collins at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >   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.