Re: Rule of thumb for doc time based on development time?

[Sankara R <ss_rajanala -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Given 3-month time2market targets and 15day
iterations (sprints and hops and what have
you)...

> development spends ALOT of
> time on creating a truly inteligent feature
> with lots of analysis, it
> will probably take a short period of time to
> document it. OTOH, if
> they just slap it together, it is going to take

... likely they slap it together, and splash some
aftershave. No bandaid either.

Thus, 10 hours of dev time per one writer-hour.
If you work as a contractor, and do invoices and
all that, make it an hour and a half.

Thanks and regards, 
Sankara S Rajanala 
Citec Information 
+358 50 428 0702 
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