Re: number of help topics per day

[Writers Book Mall <steve -at- writersbookmall -dot- com>]

What would be more compelling to management than
industry averages is your own statistics, which
reflect the specific complexities of your
organization.

If you don't track them, you can do a little
retroactive analysis of past projects: how many
topics/pages/whatever and how many person-weeks or
months it took to do them.

--- Mary Elaine Lora <mlora -at- fugro-jason -dot- com> wrote:

> Are there any statistics on average number of help
> topics written per day?  I
> need to show management why a propose release
> schedule is extremely
> unrealistic, as far as documentation is concerned. 
> It would certainly help
> my case if I could quote statistics from a
> professional organization or
> recognized authority.
>  
> Thanks for your help.
> mel

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