RE: Drafts Back in Time

[Emily Berk <emily -at- armadillosoft -dot- com>]

Here's what I do:

1.  I publish the draft to whomever it is who is supposed to be reviewing the draft.  I advise them of when I absolutely, positively need their comments back.

2.  I ALSO publish the draft to the few engineers in the company who actually:
  i.   Read the documents I write;
  ii.  Know what they are doing (and in the particular subject area being reviewed).
(Or else, I publish small pieces of the draft early on in the process, as I write them when possible, to this second group of folks.)

Very often there is little overlap between the first group (the official reviewers) and the second group.

If I get no comments back from the first group, I don't worry about it.  I can usually count on them to let me know of any problems they find several weeks after the product is released.  (If I do get useful comments from the first group, I move those reviewers to the second group.)

If I get no comments back from the second group --- well, I ALWAYS get helpful comments back from the second group.  

--Emily


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