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. > > Thank you > Courtney Collins > Tech Pubs Supervisor > Patient Monitoring Division > Datascope Corp. > 201.995.8353 > courtney_collins at datascope.com > > ???)) -:?:- ?.?? .????)) ((??.?? ..?? -:?:- An excerpt from Robert Giddings "Musical Quotes and Anecdotes", published in Longman Pocket Companions: "There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced choir below, In service high, and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heav'n before mine eyes". John Milton - Il Penseroso (1632). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com