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Hey--while I'm still pretending to work--let me run this scenario by the
list:
I'm working on a massive project at an insurance company. There are
several different contracting companies involved, and I landed on the
documentation project. I'm currently being "overseen" by a contractor
from a competing company who doesn't seem to know what she's doing. (This
is where the order for my "research" came from.) She doesn't know much
about tech writing, writing user manuals or instructional materials, etc.
My questions are this:
1) I can see the situation really degrading fast into my stuff with her
name on it. She's asking for things that she ought to know, if she's
truly running this project...how do I do my job (write user documentation)
without losing credit for the work?
2) How much should I involve her in the process? I don't have time (nor
the inclination) to do my job AND to train her too. If she doesn't know
this stuff, is that my problem?
Okay...really going back to work now.
Pax,
Leo Marks
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