Documentation development as a percentage of product development budget

[CPower -at- ztr -dot- com]

Hi all,

Is there any way to determine:
- the ratio of documentation development budget to the overall product
development budget

I understand that I have to research and recommend the types of deliverables
as well as how to estimate a budget for these deliverables. (That criteria
alone might make it unreasonable to come up with a rough ratio - given that
each product is different in its scope.)

>From your years of experience, can you roughly estimate what percent of
development budget might be put aside for documentation?

Thanks in advance for all your suggestions. 

Take care, 
Craig Power 
Technical Service and Support 
ZTR Control Systems 
1940 Oxford St. East, Unit 1 
LONDON  ON    N5V 4L8 
519.452.1233 
fax: 519.452.7764 
www.ztr.com

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