RE: What do you do when there's nothing to do?

[Melissa Nelson <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

When I am in between projects, I will go around the office and see what little things I can do to help the developers, HR, the boss etc. Most of the stuff I will do is completely out of my job description, but it beats sitting in the cube trying to look busy. It also has the added benefit of building good will for those times I am in a rush and have to whine to the developers to get stuff to me on time. Some call it sucking up, but whatever...it works!
 
Melissa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



> From: lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> To: sarah -dot- blake -at- exony -dot- com; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Subject: RE: What do you do when there's nothing to do?> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:38:40 -0800> > I update my project plan in dead time. If I don't have a project plan, then> I begin one and update it with everything that I did on the project so far.> I also do a lot of other project management stuff in dead time. > > Project management is a multi-purpose tool for me. It gives me something to> do that requires at least some thought, it helps me to keep track of the> work that I've done and what needs to be done, and it gives me deliverables> to support the work that I completed on the project. Even when there is a> larger project plan and my work is merely a task in the larger project, I> keep my own project documents to monitor my own work. > > When I run out of project management things to do, I program databases and> applications to automate the work that I've documented and sometimes to> track work or requirements related to the project.> > Lauren> > > -----Original Message-----> > From: techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com > > [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> > ] On Behalf Of Sarah L Blake> > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 7:27 AM> > To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> > Subject: RE: What do you do when there's nothing to do?> > > > ...having a second go at sending this, because for all the 'the> > message's content type was not explicitly allowed' response, I for one> > can't see anything wrong with it...> > > > ---> > > > I'm sure it's happened to us all at some point. That moment when the> > hectic work for the last release is just a distant memory, > > and the next> > release is just a sparkle in R&D's eye. You've updated all the> > documentation according to the spec, done that re-indexing you were> > always intending to get around to, created a new version of > > the training> > course, read the more useful or interesting of the books and manuals> > lying around...> > > > What do you do next?> > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Sarah Blake > > Technical Author > > > > exony > > > > > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^> > Create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert to Help file formats or > printed documentation. Features include support for Windows Vista & 2007 > Microsoft Office, team authoring, plus more.> http://www.DocToHelp.com/TechwrlList> > True single source, conditional content, PDF export, modular help.> Help & Manual is the most powerful authoring tool for technical> documentation. Boost your productivity! http://www.helpandmanual.com> > ---> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com -dot- > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/melmis36%40hotmail.com> > > To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> > Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit> http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.> 
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