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How do you estimate a documentation project for a complex software system?
I have read estimating "rules-of thumb" of a couple of pages per day.
However, that still leaves the following questions:
1.) How do you know how many pages will be required?
2.) Isn't there a significant up-front analysis phase BEFORE any pages are
created? (Isn't the common rap against programmers about prematurely
jumping into implementation just as appropriate to Technical Writers?)
All responses appreciated.
Tony Markatos
(tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com)
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