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Subject:RE: "Bug" reporting for documentation? From:Stephen -dot- MacDonald -at- Aspect -dot- com To:TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM Date:Fri, 14 Jul 2000 08:32:16 -0400
I find myself chuckling over this one when in another thread we've been
discussing productivity. If you want to ensure productivity takes a
nosedive use a bug reporting tool to track all comments, recommended
changes, etc. to docs still under development.
Comparing a document being developed or updated with a released document is
apples and oranges. Where problems in released documents have been tracked
formally, I have found it a great help in managing document maintenance. If
I had to interact with tracking software for every comment or suggestion
made about a draft, however, I think I'd quit and flip burgers for a living.
That process should be worked out between the writer and reviewers.
