I've used a metric of 1-8 for software companies; higher for those that also do hardware because hardware is typically more labor intensive but has fewer user options.
I'm not positive, but I believe a classic book called Rapid Development contains some metrics. If you haven't already, check the STC site. Cheers, Art On 4/16/07, Daniel Doornbos <danield at promise.com> wrote: > Hello Krishna, > > I have not seen any "official" statement of the proper ratio. > But I did read an article that said, in general, an organization should > have one tech writer per eight developers or engineers. Asking around my > STC chapter and in tech writing classes, it seems that one writer per 15 > to 30 developers or engineers is more common. At my company, I am the > lone writer supporting 80 developers. > > HTH > > Daniel Doornbos > Technical Writer > Promise Technology, Inc. > 408 228-1437 > danield at promise.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces+danield=promise.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+danield=promise.com at lists.frameusers.com] On > Behalf Of Krishna Mukherjee > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 10:24 AM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: How many writers/engineer > > > Hello, > > I work for a semiconductor company in Silicon valley and my manager > asked me > to find out the following: > > "Are there are any stats regarding how many writers per engineer various > > companies and industries have?" > > Frankly, I don't know where to start from and would appreciate your help > > with an answer. > > > Thanks, > Krishna -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358
