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RE: Where do you spend your time? (was RE: STC Letter to the Editor)
Subject:RE: Where do you spend your time? (was RE: STC Letter to the Editor) From:"Stevenson, Rebecca" <Rebecca -dot- Stevenson -at- workscape -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 5 Nov 2002 10:49:47 -0500
Rough numbers for this product:
Learn product: 40%
Write: 40%
Edit: 20%
I consider structure part of the writing process, and we have a department template so I spend 0 time on fonts and styles. I do have a hard time mentally separating writing and editing, particularly since first drafts are often missing large sections about features that haven't been coded or even reliably spec'ed. :-)
Come on, next Friday!
Rebecca
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From: Grant, Christopher [mailto:CGrant -at- glhec -dot- org]
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 10:38 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Where do you spend your time? (was RE: STC Letter to the
Editor)
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I'm currently outlining how I
spend my time creating a typical doc project. (We're trying to learn how to
give folks at my company reasonable estimates on the time required to
produce something.) I found that my percentages closely parallel what
someone else posted as their typical doc project breakdown:
> 50% - Learn products & technology
> 25% - Write (from my knowledge, not from SME notes)
> 20% - Edit (ruthlessly)
> 5% - Fonts, structure, style, etc.
... is this typical for others on the list?
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