RE: Another question I've had for years...

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

I also tell them "One way or another, it will be in the
documentation...it could come from you or I'll make it up as I go
along...your choice."


--- "Jones, Donna" <DJones -at- zebra -dot- com> wrote:

> -----Diane Evans wrote:-----
> <snip>
> My other favorite answer is that, if they won't give me the
> information I 
> need, I will make it up and send out a draft.  Nothing gets SMEs
> upset 
> faster than that. The phone rings: "We aren't going to do it that
> way!" I 
> answer: "What way are you going to do it?"
> 
> It works every time.
> </snip>
> 
> 
> That was going to be my response as well. If I can't get
> information out of
> someone, I make something up based on what I can find or how I
> think
> something should work and send it out for review. The reluctant SME


=====
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer


		
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