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Subject:RE: Maybe We Need a New Job Title From:"Anthony Markatos" <tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:Connie -dot- Giordano -at- FMR -dot- COM, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Sat, 08 Apr 2000 11:23:20 PDT
Diane Blake wrote:
I believe that what is happening is that employers don't want to train a
writer on their business. They also don't want to interrupt their
programming staff with questions. So, if they can find someone who can pick
up the code after just a brief architectural overview and begin writing then
they have struck GOLD.
Tony Markatos responds:
This can occur if the code is well designed (i.e., if the developers had an
adequate understanding of the end-users and their goals). But - and this
has been my experience - if the developers really do not have an adequate
understanding of the end-user's goals, the resulting "spaghetti" code is a
poor input to creating effective documentation.
Tony Markatos
(tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com)
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