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Subject:Ratio of tech writers to developers From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> To:techwr-l digest recipients <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:31:11 -0700
Ratio of tech writers to developers wrote:
>For software companies, I seem to remember seeing a recommended ratio of
>tech writers to developers. I think it was 1 tech writer per 4 to 5
>developers - is that correct?
This question came up at my last job, when we were trying to
decide how many writers were needed.
The highly subjective conclusion was: 1 writer to 10-15
developers at companies where documentation is considered
important, but as high as 1 write to 30 developers in many
companies.
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Bruce Byfield, Outlaw Communications
Contributing Editor, Maximum Linux
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