Re: What is "well Written"?

[Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- westnet -dot- com -dot- au>]

"Know thy audience" doesn't mean "ask them what they think they need and 
give that and only that to them whether they need it or not".

"Know thy audience" means understanding the different groups that make 
up your audience. What tasks do they have to do? How is their success 
measured? What environments do they work in? What do they already know? 
What do they need to know? When do they need to know it?

You don't figure out what people need through testing, you figure it out 
through analysis. At best, testing reveals how well your proposed 
solution meets the needs you've already identified.

Stuart

 > ... and to discount the oft-repeated chant "Know they audience"
 > because most times, the audience doesn't know what it needs
 > and you can only figure this out through continued testing and
 > improvement modifications.
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