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Subject:RE: How to appease a consultant? ::long:: From:Lisa MacDonald <lisa -dot- macdonald -at- convergys -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 5 Jul 2001 09:21:10 +0100
Jane Carnell wrote:
"Once you have your assurance from the company that they love your work and
want you to stay on, tell them you'd like to set up some consistent
standards for the documentation"
I think this is an excellent idea. If you don't already have a style guide
in place, this would be a great opportunity to create one. This way, you
have a set of guidelines that *clearly* state how procedures should be
written, how to label screen shots, etc. I think it'll be far more
difficult for this consultant to complain if your documentation procedures
are outlined in black and white.
Best of luck,
Lisa
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