I was wondering: how long it took Saruman to build his army that will later make a push into Rohan?
It's been a while since I've read the books, and in the movies this is glanced over (Sauron just says "Gimme an army, you tool!" and then suddenly Uruk-Hai...).
3 years? 5 years?
IS there a canon-backed estimate?
Why do I want to know this?
Well:
In order to complete a "project management" class I have to write and describe a "project" of some sort using established forms. It's not a big task, just a couple of pages, but I HATE doing stuff like this.
So in order to bring myself to actually writing it (instead of just doing other stuff until the deadline is over and thus failing the class) I plan to spice it up and choose Sarumans task to build an army for Sauron. I will write it in an "archaic" or "tolkinish" tone but still conforming to the formal constrains of the task.
Hey, it beats crap like "tidy up your room" or "clean up the house" or "build an automobile" that were suggested projects to describe for this task.
To conclude: I need a timeframe because projects (in this meaning) always need a timeframe.