Re:Expanding a company's technical writing group?

[Technical Writer <telcowriter -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Hi Jennifer,
Here's is what I would do in such a scenario:
•	Determine mine how many people are required to take up existing work
•	Determine key improvements to be made and how much effort is
required to achieve that
•	Talk to the manager and internal customers (Product Managers, etc)
to determine the future workload
•	Based on the above, determine the number of writers required
•	Talk to the manager to find out the allocated budget
•	Based on the budget, determine the number of permanent resources and
contractors and required experience level

Hope this helps,

Regards
TelcoWriter
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