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Re: Necessity of Doc Plans for a Single Chapter or Section
Subject:Re: Necessity of Doc Plans for a Single Chapter or Section From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:39:45 -0800 (PST)
Maybe I'm missing something.
If you are an employee or a contractor-working-as-employee and boss
says do something to/with the documentation, you either do it, or if
it will change schedule, deadline, etc, tell boss as such as then do
it. If you have such a relationship with your boss that you need to
create a doc plan to protect yourself or the project, run away.
If you are working on a project as a freelance or a company and
you've submitted a project price, and the client makes a request, if
you can do it witin the original arrangement, do it. If it will
change the details of the contract where you need more money or more
time, then ammend the existing doc plan.
As a contractor-working-as-employee, or if I was an employee, and the
boss said "Do X", I would never consider doing a plan. In my view,
the original plan said something to this effect: "This plan says you
do what I want, when I want it."
It IS in your best interest to protect your boss. S/he may not
realize the impact of a request. If it has an impact, explain it, let
the boss make the final decision, then go at it.
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