Try searching the techwriters' list archives; in the past there have been discussions of different approaches to quantifying content production.
Contact information: To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to techwr-l-request at lists.techwr-l.com You can reach the person managing the list at techwr-l-owner at lists.techwr-l.com Other good sources are Google, and the Society for Technical Communication site, stc.org. HTH ________________ Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices > 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. >