How long to write your reports?
posted on September 01, 2008 03:42:50 pm
I've been using an MS Word based program that my business partner wrote from scratch and, although a bit clunky, it works pretty well. We've been thinking of making the plunge into one of the main software packages, mainly to try and shave time off of report writing. So, I'm curious what program you're using and how long it takes to write a report. I know it's difficult but I'd like to keep this from drifting into another discussion about which software is best... really, just what type and how long you take. Of course, no two reports are the same but I'd say I spend an average of an hour. That's factoring in the nightmare 3 hour dump write-up as well as the vacant, new townhouse with barely anything wrong. Also, I don't do anything on-site and am thinking of heading in that direction a bit. Not even to produce the report right then and there but just to knock some of it out while it's in front of me.