How many writers/engineer

[Art Campbell]

I've used a metric of 1-8 for software companies; higher for those
that also do hardware because hardware is typically more labor
intensive but has fewer user options.

I'm not positive, but I believe a classic book called Rapid
Development contains some metrics.

If you haven't already, check the STC site.

Cheers,
Art

On 4/16/07, Daniel Doornbos <danield at promise.com> wrote:
> Hello Krishna,
>
> I have not seen any "official" statement of the proper ratio.
> But I did read an article that said, in general, an organization should
> have one tech writer per eight developers or engineers. Asking around my
> STC chapter and in tech writing classes, it seems that one writer per 15
> to 30 developers or engineers is more common. At my company, I am the
> lone writer supporting 80 developers.
>
> HTH
>
> Daniel Doornbos
> Technical Writer
> Promise Technology, Inc.
> 408 228-1437
> danield at promise.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces+danield=promise.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces+danield=promise.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
> Behalf Of Krishna Mukherjee
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 10:24 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: How many writers/engineer
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I work for a semiconductor company in Silicon valley and my manager
> asked me
> to find out the following:
>
> "Are there are any stats regarding how many writers per engineer various
>
> companies and industries have?"
>
> Frankly, I don't know where to start from and would appreciate your help
>
> with an answer.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Krishna


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