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Re: When to conduct useability testing on Procedures
Subject:Re: When to conduct useability testing on Procedures From:"klein, david" <dk2445 -at- TXMAIL -dot- SBC -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 23 Oct 1997 11:58:51 -0500
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> From: Hillary Russak[SMTP:hrussak -at- SLAC -dot- STANFORD -dot- EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 1997 11:41 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: When to conduct useability testing on Procedures
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> I'm writing small (5-7pg) procedure documents for hazardous and
> radioactive
> waste management.
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My VCR has a 25 page instruction manual and the procecures document for
hazardous and radioactive waste management is only 5-7 pages?!?!?!!?