I think that depends on the parameters. I'm imagining a length of around 100 pages (though I'll have to see where the book takes it, I don't want to force any particular length). Also, I'm self publishing so there isn't any red tape to deal with editors and what not. I'll probably send it to a couple of people for a grammar review, and a couple of people for a technical review.
At least that's what I'm telling myself. I know Sacha Grief published his book in something like three weeks, though it was shorter than what I'm going for and he's more experienced with his topic.
Nonetheless, you're right that regardless of what comes out of it, it'll be a decent exercise.