How many pages can a technical writer produce in x amount of time? It depends. If you've been with your current employer for a while and you've already completed several projects (manuals), then you could gather metrics from what you've already produced to create an average hours-per-page formula.
jan. jan e patterson sr technical writer - environmental systems products - tucson, AZ -----Original Message----- From: framers-bounces+jan.patterson=esph....@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+jan.patterson=esph.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Courtney Collins Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 9:04 AM To: Framers List Subject: Formula for Tech Writing Lead Time? 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 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as jan.patterson at esph.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jan.patterson%40esph .com Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.