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Subject:Re: Estimating how much to charge From:"Documentation Dept." <docdept -at- YAHOO -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 22 Jan 1998 06:08:56 -0800
I've used 2 ways of estimating time:
1) seeing how much I've gotten done in a set period of time, or
2) doing two pages entirely and extrapolating from there.
Take a couple of pages home "to look at" and tell them you'll get back
to them with an estimate tomorrow.
Nea Dodson
---"Stephen D. Martin" wrote:
> The client expects this back in a week or two (no problem there, the
> work itself see,s simple enough), but they want me to give them an
> estimate of the number of hours the job will take. I'm used to the
> client giving me a strict deadline, and working against it.
>
> Any advice on how to draw up my estimate and/or pointers on where I
> should be looking in the archives would be appreciated.
==
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