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...the first week of a project gathering...a list of every conceivable
feature...I'll comb existing specs or notes, speak with developers, business
analysts and PMs, and use my common sense and experience to know what topics
I might have. For example, if I see there is a topic called X, I might
figure I'll eventualy have a "Create X", "Use X", "Delete X".
Then, knowing how I write, which is to standardize on about 1/2 page per
heading, I count up the items on my list and come up with the page estimate
of two topics per page...
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