RE: Necessity of Doc Plans for a Single Chapter or Section

["tekWriter tekWriter" <sfsutekwriter -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

To respond to <SteveFJong -at- aol -dot- com>: "I think a doc plan is needed even when 
only one *word* is changed. The doc plan is your contract, and not producing 
one is tantamount to doing work under the table. Where will you be when the 
one chapter turns into five new chapters, and the project manager wants to 
know why you're so slow? But there are doc plans and there are doc plans. I 
have written 50-page doc plans, for a 15,000-page doc set. I have also 
written a short e-mail message as a "doc plan" for a small, fast-turnaround 
project. Hopefully you have the same flexibility, but I think every project 
should have a plan of record, even a one-chapter change."
          -- Steve

Thank you for your advice. You make a great point about a doc plan being a 
type of contract. In that case, it would be necessary, even if you change 
one word.
--Ben

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