RE: Most Impt. Skill to Learn in Tech Comm Program

[Jim Shaeffer <jims -at- spsi -dot- com>]

I don't know if you can learn this as a student, 
or if it is number one, but this is high on the 
importance scale: 

We all need the ability to recognize when a 
document is good enough to ship, even though we 
know that we could make it so much better. 
As David Locke reminds us in a parallel thread, 
"Perfection is the enemy of the Good."

We all need techniques that let us produce 
something worthwhile that can be published in 
a hurry. Then, if resources permit, we can 
reiterate the process, approaching "perfection" 
as a limit (not a goal). 

If resources do not permit reiteration, we move 
on to the next project without looking back. 

Jim Shaeffer (spsi.com)

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