atw: Re: Development cost metrics
- From: "Christine Kent" <cmkentau@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:09:48 +1000
Yes, thanks Bob. 1 page a day seems a bit slow - I think we used to
estimate at 4-8 pages a day for procedural documentation.
And for computer based training it was from 120 to 350 hours per hour
depending on how good the product was.
But those are old figures and the digital world has moved on a long way
since I last estimated anything digital.
I had even forgotten JoAnn Hackos's name - so thanks for the reminder.
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Trussler
Sent: Thursday, 16 August 2012 5:52 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Development cost metrics
Christine,
The only metrics that I have read are in the book 'Managing your doc
project' by JoAnn Hackos.
Other than that:
+ Rob McKilliam mentioned 'one day per page from start to finish'
+ my old training manager (deceased) 'about one day to develop one hour of
standup presentation.'
have fun
Bob T
On 16 August 2012 13:18, Kent, Christine <Christine.Kent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Guys
I am hoping there is a bit of diversity in the group to be able to give me
some guidance here.
When we are scoping an IT support project, documentation, training etc, we
use standard metrics to estimate costs, development times et al.
The project manager will determine an overall doc/train budget using
standard metrics (normally wrong) and then we estimate our costs to fit
within that budget, again using standard metrics. These are often broken
down further into products and project phases
I am trying to put together some guidelines for where to find standard
metrics for a variety of development and publishing tasks. These include
various forms of print, digital, courseware, educational games, rich media -
anything that these days can be considered an educational product.
Has anyone any idea of web based resources (or failing that, books) that
give standard metrics for ANY educational or support products at all, for
any development or publishing phases at all?
If you add value to my matrix, I will send you a copy of the finished
product by way of thanks.
Cheers
Christine Kent
--
Bob Trussler
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