Re: On the value of technical communication (long)

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I couldn't answer that.  I avoid organizations that are likely to have
to make those decisions in favor of those that have already made
the right choices or are so lost that they want me to tell them what
they need.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Neilson" <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>

> Will they actually change their views, and decide to integrate technical 
> writing into the effort, or will they seek out someone to blame for the 
> catastrophe? Will they modify their risk strategy and look to design a 
> properly written set of documents, or will they want some kind of patch 
> thrown together in two weeks at minimum cost?
> 
> If they do embark on a revised but even bigger replacement project (with 
> integrated documentation teams) for which the design is conceptually 
> flawed, will they blame the project's failure on the technical writer 
> who discovers and points out the flaw?
> 
> Will any of these folks ever see any need for further technical writing 
> at all? What am I doing staying in this business?


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