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Subject:Re: Technical Writing Metrics From:Chris Hamilton <chamilton -at- GR -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 19 Mar 1997 13:42:56 -0600
Donald Ray wrote:
>
> I am looking for published articles that address technical writing
> metrics. How about it, can anyone help me with this request?
>
Look in _Read Me First: A Style Guide for the Computer Industry_ by Sun
Technical Publications, (ISBN 0-13-455347-0), p. 199. It gives the
following metrics a series of estimates for the time it takes to do
various things in the writing process. (I'm assuming, by the way, that
these are the types of metrics you're talking about.)
As always, your mileage may vary, blah, blah, blah
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Chris Hamilton, Technical Writer
Greenbrier & Russel
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