[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
[Author Index (this month)][Thread Index (this month)][Top of Archive]

Re: Estimating online help development?

Subject: Re: Estimating online help development?
From: "Mysti Rubert" <mystilou -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 21:05:51 +0000


Yes, but she can use a coder-to-writer rule of thumb. I've seen this
ratio range from 4:1 (my favorite project) to more typical 8:1, but never as high as 12.5 to 1, which is what she's being staffed at, roughly speaking (100000 to 800). caveats for bad afternoon math.

this from exp. w/ oltp and olap servers & related products. Complex code, not always complex user tasks. And this is for all doc for a product or component, not just online help. You can't even count controls, as there are programmatic ways of doing almost everything, tons of concept and performance & tuning info to provide....

Still, the writer hours to developer hours probably ought to mimic typical staffing levels, if there is such a thing as typical for the product type you are doc'ing.

We can't provide any kind of useful percentage for you, >minutes to describe.


_________________________________________________________________
Join the world?s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com



^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Check out RoboDemo for tutorials! It makes creating full-motion software
demonstrations and other onscreen support materials easy and intuitive.
Need RoboHelp? Save $100 on RoboHelp Office in May with our mail-in rebate.
Go to http://www.ehelp.com/techwr-l

Free copy of ARTS PDF Tools when you register for the PDF
Conference by May 15. Leading-Edge Practices for Enterprise
& Government, June 3-5, Bethesda,MD. www.PDFConference.com

---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.

Previous by Author: Reference Guide vs. User's guide
Next by Author: answer to anon contractor
Previous by Thread: Estimating online help development?
Next by Thread: re: Estimating online help development?

[Top of Archive] | [Author Index (this month)] | [Thread Index (this month)]

What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:

Sponsored Ads