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Subject:Cost to develop a Business Procedure? From:Chris Anderson <chris -at- BizManuals -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:52:51 -0600
I am hoping the list could help with our cost assumptions to producing a Policy
and Procedure Manual. Basically we are looking at in-house development vs
contracting the development work. This does not include the cost to publish
(paper, printing, or to an intranet etc).
First the assumptions:
Avg. Tech Writer Salary $50,000
Overhead 30% of salary or $15,000
Avg. Tech Writer Cost = $65,000
Business days per year 240 (260 days - hol & vac.)
= cost per day $270.83
Avg. # pages per day output 3
(researching, writing, editing, formating, reviewing.)
pages per procedure 3
procedures / day 1
inhouse cost per procedure $270.83
Consultant may charge $70/hour
hours per day 8
= Consultant cost per procedure $560
cost range $271 to $560
Therefore it seams the cost to develop a complete 3-page procedure with a policy
statement, scope, responsibility, and step-by-step procedure ranges from $271 to
$560 depending on developing it in-house or contracting the work.
Is this a realistic analysis or should we change the assumptions for average #
pages per day, pages per procedure, cost of a writer, cost of a consultant or
the overhead charge.
Are there any other considerations that are not included to costing the job?
Chris
American Business Resources, Inc.
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