Re: Hi-Tech Company Hasn't Used Tech Writers in Years

Subject: Re: Hi-Tech Company Hasn't Used Tech Writers in Years
From: "John Posada" <writer -at- tdandw -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 09:18:38 -0500


> out very early on, and the contractor is not getting
graded on the
> quality of documentation, only on whether it contains all
the required
> elements. Expending additional resources to make the
documents
> "better" will not ever lead to additional sales due to
enhanced user

Then it wasn't "too good". It wasn't even good. A good
document is a document that complies with it's requirements.
If one of the requirements is to contain a set of required
elements, and it doesn't, then it is a lousy document...and
if the writer doesn't see that, then the writer is lousy
also.

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
writer[at]tdandw.com


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References:
RE: Hi-Tech Company Hasn't Used Tech Writers in Years (Long and V ERY Worth It): From: George Mena
Re: Hi-Tech Company Hasn't Used Tech Writers in Years: From: John Posada
Re: Hi-Tech Company Hasn't Used Tech Writers in Years: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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