RE: Review meetings vs. distributing copies

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

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> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 10:09 AM
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> Subject: Re: Review meetings vs. distributing copies
> 
> hi,
> i think the participation/lack of participation is due to the 
> person himself/herself. if you choose to work in a group that 
> from the top down is committed to documentation, then you get 
> participation from most; i repeat most. for those remaining, 
> they that are lazy in their job (reviewing docs) i think you 
> will find are lazy in many aspects of their jobs-they just 
> pick and choose the crisis moments/events that excite them. 
> while they may seem the heroes, i think if you remove the 
> chaos you will find them to be lacking in many aspects.
> that said, choosing an environment to be happy in is my way 
> of enjoying tech writing after 18 years.
> cheerio,
> laura

Documentation is part of the product. If the company doesn't mandate that
SMEs enthusiastically participate in the development and review of
high-quality documentation, the company doesn't care what kind of quality
the product has. If an SME's job description doesn't specify what is
demanded by the employer, that company doesn't care at all about product
quality.


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com


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