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Subject:RE: Too many reviewers: WAS Drafts Back in Time From:Lyn Worthen <Lyn -dot- Worthen -at- caselle -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 30 May 2003 15:05:45 -0600
Maggie Pierce Secara wrote:
> Send each reviewer only the part of the doc they're
> responsible for. Anyone is intimidated by a 400-page
> tome hitting their desk. Give them a date then check
> up on them in person when that date comes up.
Very rarely to I ever give an entire document to the SME or a reviewer -
it's almost always been spoon-fed to them in "chunks" (no jokes, please),
usually one chapter at a time, as the chapter is written. It makes less of
an impact on their time, I can continue working on the next chapter/earlier
revisions/etc., and if there's a problem, it gets spotted much earlier in
the process.
If the SME requests multiple chapters (or the entire doc), I'm happy to give
it to them (although they seldom do). And, of course, whoever has to do the
final signoff gets a complete copy.
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