Here's a rough idea of how long it took:
1.) Loading software on computer and getting online updates - 1 hour
2.) Reading all of the information from the help files then reading Doc's cheat sheet (he highly recommended this, just reading the cheat sheet makes no sense unless you understand the software) - 1 hours
3.) Doing the actual mapping, including saving the stock map, making the manual software changes according to the cheat sheet and loading the base map in the ecm - 1/2 hour
4.) At this point I put the laptop in a backpack and took a ride with the laptop connected to the bike, about 20 miles through town and around some back roads and 5 miles or so on highway - 45 minutes
However, I made a mistake here and had to do this twice. I didn't go into the power settings and change my laptop to not go to sleep when I closed the lid. I also had to change the battery inactivity time out to 1 hour. Since i didn't do this the 1st time, the computer went to sleep and stopped the program, no data collected. But once I made the power setting changes, the program worked flawlessly just as described in Doc's cheat sheet.
5.) Come back and run the vtune program that combines the base map with the data collected, then load it into the bike ecm - 1/2 hour
6.) Repeat the ride to collect more data - 45 minutes
7.) Following the cheat sheet, use the vtune program to create your final map. There is some more manual configuration that the cheat sheet walks you through at this point to get the final map done. It takes a little patience, but not difficult. Then loaded the final map on the bike. - 2 hours
8.) I took this a step further, and sent both data files and the final map to Doc. He was able to tweak it some more and sent it back to me and I loaded it to the ecm. - 15 minutes
So, total time involved about 6 hours, give or take. That includes 2 rides of about 30-40 minutes each. I really took my time and read and re-read to make sure I didn't miss a step or make any mistakes. There's a lot of parameters in this software you touch, but the software is very friendly. At no point did I not understand the directions according to Doc's cheat sheet, it is very well done. The help files are fabulous, they really explain what each thing does, not just how to set it.
Best of all, I did not have to travel hundreds of miles or pay hundreds of dollars for a dyno. If you're wanting every last little bit of horsepower a dyno I am sure would be better. I was happy with stock power. I was mostly looking to add pipes, a stage 1 breather and cure the reliability, lean condition heat issue. What i got far exceeded my expectations.