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Subject:Re: Metrics for Technical Writing. From:Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"Smith, Kevin T" <kevin -dot- t -dot- smith -at- bankofamerica -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:21:51 -0700 (PDT)
Great question!!!
Since the major skill set of technical writing is
structured writing, and since structured writing is
really all about analysis, the major metric of TWing
should be comparing the actual analysis techniques
used against the necessary standard.
Tony Markos
--- "Smith, Kevin T" <kevin -dot- t -dot- smith -at- bankofamerica -dot- com>
wrote:
> Are there any examples available for metrics that
> represent technical writing? I would like to collect
> baseline numbers and track our activity in an IT
> Development Shop.
>
> Thanks, Kevin
>
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