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Re: It shouldn't be that hard to write good doc, should it?
Subject:Re: It shouldn't be that hard to write good doc, should it? From:"Ed Wurster" <eawurster -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:04:17 -0500
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From: Me
> > > It takes:
> > >
> > > 1. financial commitment from a company,
> > > 2. allotment of sufficient time for the tasks, and
> > > 3. someone who can translate technical concepts.
From: "Gordon Graham"
> I've answered this question before with these four factors... which run
> quite parallel to yours...
>
> 1. Enough budget
> 2. Enough time
> 3. Enough expertise
> 4. Enough management support
>
> My list divides "brains" into the skills of the practitioners and the
> support of the managers. I don't think that's too many words to answer
this
> time-honoured question, do you?
>
> Notice that it doesn't take "oodles" of any item, just enough to do a
> good-enough job. Which is unfortunately seldom enough the case.
>
I'd like to stay with 3 concepts. Enough budget implies management support?
