A high-level summary covering the most common path through the queue.
My Document Has Entered the Queue. What's Next?
first edit pass (EDIT), second edit pass (RFC-EDITOR), final review (AUTH48), pre-publication checks (AUTH48-DONE), and publication.
How Do I Estimate How Long My Doc Will Be in the Queue?
Add up EDIT and RFC-EDITOR times found on https://www.rfc-editor.org/reports/CurrQstats.txt