Re: Documentation plans, standards manuals, and more

[Andrew Plato <intrepid_es -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Jessica Pease wrote....

> I would like to develop a documentation standards guide to address
> usage, style, naming conventions, templates and more; to be used by the doc
> team, development, and possibly other teams. I would also like to develop a
> formal documentation plan for the new product we are developing.

Are you going to tie the writers down to their desks and beat them with sticks
as well? 

:-) I'm just being silly. But I have a serious question to ask...

Do you really need all these things?  What is hindering you right now from
writing documents such that you need all this stuff? 

Andrew Plato 


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