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Subject:Re: How Many Projects Can One Person Handle From:d r <writeagain -at- JUNO -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 23 Jan 1997 17:56:29 EST
Barbara,
Since I am doing an entire newsletter by myself which includes everything
plus PR and all correspondence but I am doing it in a 60 hour week and
"all my waking hours" <g>.
I once got hired to format and edit a technical newsletter. The fellow
felt that as an editor I could handle it all. His all included everything
but the writing for a flat fee of $1500 per month.
D.R.
On Thu, 23 Jan 1997 10:21:10 -0600 Barbara Ridley
<BRidley -at- USCCMAIL -dot- USCC -dot- BMS -dot- COM> writes:
> All:
>
>
> I'm wondering how many projects of varying sizes do some of you
>feel
> one person can work on and do an adequate job, not necessarily
> prize-winning. Let's assume that you will work 40 - 50 hours a
>week.
>
> A sampling of the types of jobs I'm referring to might be a
>4-page
> newsletter to be edited and formatted; documentation of a complex
> system which might produce 75 pages or more; and one that will
>produce
> about 100 pages or so. Keep in mind that you will do the whole
>nine
> yards on the documentation projects, starting from scratch --
>create
> the plan, content specifications, implementation, screen captures
>and
> modifications, formatting, usability testing, and final
>production.
>
> How many of these kinds of projects would you say could be
>handled by
> one person at one time?
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> -- Barb --
> bridley -at- usccmail -dot- bms -dot- com
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