RE: RE: How to submit new version release information to the Tech nical writer

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John Posada said:

> Up to now, my current department has been responsible for 
> user and admin
> documentation, as well as marketing and web content.
> 
> This morning, I went into the office of the other writer and said that
> at our next department status meeting, I'm proposing that we take over
> the creation of the application Functional Specifications, 
> which to this
> point, have been done completely by Product Engineering.
> 
> The look of terror on her face was priceless. :-)

You're saying that, "to this point", you have had big 
uncommitted holes in your schedules and had been looking 
for something to occupy your time?  Luxury!

I'm not used to that. I'm more accustomed to holes being 
relatively rare, and usually unannounced, and to schedules 
normally being "up to here" with stuff that needs to get 
done, to the point that triage and prioritization are 
usually necessary.

Also, while there's just the one of me, there are usually 
two or three development teams going on, at any one time, 
such that Functional Specs for a coming project are likely 
to be under construction, during the most intense part of 
another project's release cycle (the part where I'm working 
to nail down the 20% of the work that takes the 80% of 
the effort).

/kevin

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