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Subject:RE: Not sure I agree with this From:Lynne Wright <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- tiburoninc -dot- com> To:Alec Chakenov <alec -dot- chakenov -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:17:11 +0000
Well, telling writers on your team that what they've produced isn't clear enough/needs to be redone without them freaking out is a whole OTHER issue.
Good luck with that.
From: Alec Chakenov [mailto:alec -dot- chakenov -at- gmail -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 1:15 PM
To: Lynne Wright
Cc: Dan Goldstein; TECHWR-L (techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com)
Subject: Re: Not sure I agree with this
Thanks, Lynne,
I've been recently promoted to a Technical Documentation Department Manager position (after 12 years), so I will have to deal with everything written by our staff.
2013/11/14 Lynne Wright <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- tiburoninc -dot- com<mailto:Lynne -dot- Wright -at- tiburoninc -dot- com>>
No need to feel stressed; you are not accountable for the quality of the previous person's work.
You say: "I just took over this documentation, and am getting to know the material. If you can clarify this... and any other issue that you may find... for me, I'd be happy to update the manual accordingly."
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Subject: Re: Not sure I agree with this
Sometimes it gets funny, when a reviewer (an SME) of a document that was
prepared by someone else, who recently quit the company, asks you - "What
did you mean by that?". I don't know what to say because I didn't write it,
and this might be stressful.
> No, that's not stress, because it's an external phenomenon. Stress is how
> you handle external phenomena internally. When I describe an event as
> "stressful," I'm actually describing myself and not the event.
>
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> "... people who don't like stress ..."
>
> Is it somehow not stress when the SME for your doc update tells you,
> "Sorry, I not allowed to talk to you any more. I'm on another project now.
> You'll have to get your info from Joe Newguy," and Joe knows nothing about
> the project except what he's been reading in the existing version that
> you're trying to rewrite?
>
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