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Therefore, it is not always fiscally prudent for corporations to spend a
gajillion dollars on hiring tech writers to sit around all day dreaming up
rock-solid documentation processes and designs.
Tony Markatos:
Ref Designs:
"Rock-solid" designs are better than poor designs. And, provided the
end-user goals & tasks have been properly analyzed, excellent design does
not take long.
Ref Processes:
I agree with your point that a lot of time can be spent "dreaming up" ideal
processes. The answer may be to think in terms of deliverables - not so
much the processes that develope them. Processes needed vary (sometimes
radically) from organization to organization. Deliverables not nearly so
much. Deliverables provide early project matrices.
Tony Markatos
(tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com)
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