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Subject:Re: How long does it take to review a document? From:Alexia Prendergast <alexiap -at- SEAGATESOFTWARE -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 8 Sep 1997 13:07:37 -0400
GMTA, indeed ;-)
I give 7 days for review. (I also try to give a week's notice
that they will be getting a review copy.)
If a project is too large to be done in a week, I break
it down into smaller parts so one person can get a
section done each week or several people can get the
whole thing done in a week.
I ALWAYS submit review copies with a written note
saying something like "I need your comments by X date.
If you do not comment, then you have given your tacit
agreement that the content is correct and will be
responsible for errors."
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gurudutt Kamath [SMTP:guruk -at- GIASBM01 -dot- VSNL -dot- NET -dot- IN]
>Sent: Monday, September 08, 1997 12:58 PM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Re: How long does it take to review a document?
>
>Hello Pete and all!
>
>It is amazing how great minds think alike ;}. As a freelance technical
>writer, I have maintained that all reviews be within a period of 7 days.
>As companies want a fast turnaround, I state that the review period will
>be of 3 days, with a maximum of 7 days. As the dates for review are
>provided, people can schedule their work.
>
>In reality, however, 7 days turn to 7 weeks and 7 months!
>
>But with online reviews -- specially within a company---I think 7 days
>should be more than enough.
>
>Of course, everyone on this list knows the neat review acceptance trick.
>If no review comments are forthcoming by the said date, it is presumed
>that the document is accepted. As I said earlier, great minds....
>
>With greetings from India!
>
>Guru
>
>guruk -at- giasbm01 -dot- vsnl -dot- net -dot- in
>http://members.tripod.com/~Kamath
>
>On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Pete Kloppenburg wrote:
>> Our review process will make use of Lotus Notes and PDF. I'll set up a
>> review, the various folks will get notified that they can look at the
>> thing, and then they can make comments directly into Notes, which others
>> can read as well. The idea is that everybody reviews concurrently. After
>> the deadline has passed, silence implies consent. I figure that a week is
>> the minimum review period, so as to allow people to fit a review into their
>> schedules.
>
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