Re: Just can't help myself

[Martin Bosworth <martinhbosworth -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On 4/27/05, Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > > Right on. My last doc project's draft was done before the product was
> > > even built for the first time. :-)
> >
> > I fully expect to be revising this stuff long after it's put into
> > play, but in the end, all you can do is create the best possible
> > functional docs with what you have, and keep improving it as much as
> > you can.
> 
> Oh, that wasn't what I meant. I had solid, valid information written
> in a full document draft ready for technical review prior to the first
> build of the application.

Bill,

I was replying to Lynne's comment, and yours just got caught up in the
mix. As it seems to be my day to not get my point across correctly,
I'm sorry for the confusion.

How did you get the document completed so solidly before it was at the
build stage? Were you in on the project from the beginning?

Martin 


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Martin H. Bosworth
Technical Writer, Telemedicine Directorate
Walter Reed Army Medical Center (http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/)
Writer/Editor, ConsumerAffairs.com (http://www.consumeraffairs.com)

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