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Subject:RE: New TECHWR-L Poll Question - Ratios From:Suzy -dot- Davis -at- doi -dot- vic -dot- gov -dot- au To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:47:14 +1100
I'm in the Other/None of the Above category because I am writing user and
functional spec documentation after the development - updating the
documentation to reflect the changes they've made to the system and their
procedures in the last couple of years.
The developer writes specs for the little adhoc/Change Request updates that
he does, but no one updates the main documentation on an ongoing basis, and
team leaders tell their group about any changes to their user interface or
procedures; or maybe send an email out.
As you might have guessed I'm gently coaxing them towards updating their
user documentation and then introduce the changes in the workplace so that
people have the documentation to use as a reference...
regards
Suzy
"Lisa M. Bronson"
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17/01/05 07:23 AM
Please respond to "Lisa M.
Bronson"
Hello everyone,
I hope you had a great weekend! Recently, someone asked about ratios of
writers to developers, and I thought that would make a good poll question.
Where I work, we have about 1:11 for instruction manuals and 1:22 for
parts manuals. I'm glad I do instruction manuals (though, we still have too
few writers, in my opinion).
What is the ratio of writers to developers where you work?
* 1:1 to 1:3
* 1:4 to 1:7
* 1:8 to 1:11
* 1:12 to 1:15
* 1:16 to 1:19
* 1:20 to 1:23
* 1:24 to 1:27
* 1:28 to 1:31
* To infinity and beyond (more than 1:31)
* Other/None of the above
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