Re: Offsite Management

[Jon Leer <jleer -at- LTC -dot- MV -dot- COM>]

I can't imagine the manager being offsite. However, I can see the writers,
editors, illustrators, and other creative contributors being offsite.

Jon

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> From: Lynn Perry <clperry -at- WALLDATA -dot- COM>
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: FW: Offsite Management
> Date: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 2:02 PM
>
> Anon wrote
>
> >I would be interested to know if anyone has, or feels it is possible to
> >manage a pubs department while working off-site either part time or full
> >time.  Does the size of the department affect one's ability to do this?
Or
> >do you think it just is not a good idea?
>
> I have been a group member in this situation. What we found was that
having
> the team leader off site resulted in our group not being represented in
> project meetings. We also missed the impromptu hallway meetings so common
to
> project development. If we had had at least one person on site full time,
> the project would have gone better.
>
> In the plus column, the documentation was fairly well done and completed
> mostly on schedule. I think we would have done more with tutorials and
other
> step-by-step information if we had worked more closely with development,
but
> what we produced was generally satisfactory.
>
> I suspect the size of the department inversely impacts project success
with
> an off site lead: the smaller the group, the less workable the situation,
> IMO.
>
> LyP
> clperry -at- walldata -dot- com
> My opinions do not reflect those of Wall Data Incorporated and vice
versa.
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