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RE: Documentation Correctness was Re: How many levels of indentsandheads are reasonable?
Subject:RE: Documentation Correctness was Re: How many levels of indentsandheads are reasonable? From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:45:39 -0400
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> levels of indentsandheads are reasonable?
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> I spend alot of my time creating data flow diagrams to tie
> together disjointed and incomplete requriements and tech
> specs. I am by no means perfect, however, the difference
> before and after is usually profound.
>
> But think about it: I am stating that nobody in the TW
> acedemic or industry communities knows about or is willing to
> admit to what is key to success in creating quality docs -
> especially for larger scale systems. Ya have to admit to it,
> either I am right and the world is wrong, or vice versa.
>
You have never presented a coherent statement of what it is you are
contending. Why should anyone assume the quality of the docs you produce is
higher than your posts?
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