RE: Ever wonder why techwhirler lives seem so crazy? (a long rant )

Subject: RE: Ever wonder why techwhirler lives seem so crazy? (a long rant )
From: Jim Shaeffer <jims -at- spsi -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:21:56 -0400


But then, those relative deadlines are transferred to
somebody's planning calendar, converting them to dates. The
dates are then communicated to customers and other stake-
holders, and the vicious cycle ensues once more. Sigh.

Jim Shaeffer (jims -at- spsi -dot- com)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeanne A. E. DeVoto [mailto:jaed -at- jaedworks -dot- com]
> <snip>
> If you are setting a documentation deadline, you *must* make
> it relative to code releases, *not* absolute. For example,
> "The final draft of thedocumentation is due three weeks
> after code freeze.", NOT "The final draft of the
> documentation is due on 8/11."
<snip>

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