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Ratio of Programmers (or Manuals) to Writers in Software Documentation
Subject:Ratio of Programmers (or Manuals) to Writers in Software Documentation From:Tamara Peters <1455 -at- MN2 -dot- LAWSON -dot- LAWSON -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 30 Mar 1995 11:49:00 CDT
We are trying to appropriately staff a software development group with
writers. One manager wants to know what an "average" ratio of writers to
programmers would be. The software has a history of being under-documented
for quite a few years, and is undergoing the transition from character-based
and proprietary to GUI and open systems.
Can anyone offer personal experience or references to research in this area?
Thanks!!
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Tamara Peters
tamara -dot- peters -at- lawson -dot- com
Lawson Software
1300 Godward St.
Minneapolis, MN 55413
